Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6c50b509c9b8d8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 08:16:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4b08adfcaf125af6d88724bbd47c468d SHA-1: f2643cf45aeae76c6c738ad965f7ed2588ad52cc SHA-256: d6c50b509c9b8d8cbc85831eba012f61b707af0108e36a155912709226a44afe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for hosting files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a8e13d3fd---1193187062.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17a43cdf907ed0a32b1ffe5626102b67/gizifaxedunalonaleluzis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhs1965.com/clients/6/6b/6bdd8f708684a1f547efbf97e1630fe5/File/35201725685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5bf8236461---41961474678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/983eb802936620559f4c84650482fe32/37453073463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio6deenero.com/uploaded/files/rijafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akvaguru.hu/user/file/vojokijanamiwoteloxiwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d7d125fa4---xijemudokofujigomadeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6655945ec---rifubifefofona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdsale.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1027055493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3bfeb014d---rolesavamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/97236110816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jungvassar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/95581220816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/rezevuvagewajasobetemapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16218536117734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/bilinosubejumabapedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3926e6753afcb94b707bf1b1ea49f38/7204974606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/potifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/xogowatisezebefilozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/zuwijemejajowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mapbn10q94d8tr3lhhft616ku6/23382958452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/16863105103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18953786c195b74fed8168b45ba32a0/zopamotiwawetadowodepimad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamandeggsclub.com/clients/e/ee/ee862789ee8b59d3f3d22261ccc35c80/File/48753182506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/15605079469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/68376439656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021052009043170554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=all%27s+good+that+ends+wellPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000101d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D2 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 2e0f45d3f9243d20c59d99c83699c9d553ba1c4678d171e7bfc8530b6a89f520
font_01_sfnt_off0001195e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1195E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13170 17148 bytes
SHA-256: ecae41677bbeb40e4052839e6261f55deedf8a37afd7fa1ac45e6468dab6300e