Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed50a7ad11c37679…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-24 13:54:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1dd979613465255d012712e53221ccc8 SHA-1: 11ee1325d8c252471d75563a26cf512d4ffdf261 SHA-256: ed50a7ad11c376796727bb99e1576eec6773cfb02e65ab2d6f772957dd26ee6e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or trojan distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/60538275665.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609866c62062e---60081881407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/43744880872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fbaccc331428fe696ce75e2c3d3674c/93649850668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e68e4401cc---jobekilozanawofori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3220782b62---37006574293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vn7mg65ur4ptkece5gi1v59821/rawitowefufidinemexad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e8d6e0f7055576f2bc7bf9483dbb364/73743579150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/4558252963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/449e16a49bae4d6f721ceccdec0d4fba/sekonelinezam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe914d22be8783c7cb0846a5fab5548/sepasupusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinabomi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/42459460244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/661f7a02c733ae0af7d007a15581e84f/pojixibakezepukela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/mafubelupuxagefexis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vlvqnk7059vto1rmovsv6amio7/batasifunofek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speakingaboutnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/molazopawolibud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6ade5432a---61175031443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushibelovo.ru/files/83666559406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718a34a310f---jenubapirugosegeluvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac56174c36b75ca7bef4f3a37e325749/diwugelusorelivirinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/wimebuzifikot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a58976d9c---76072815632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=download+clash+of+clans+hack+tool+for+pcPDF 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_off0000e84b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE84B 10672 bytes
SHA-256: a849e8c4ba7334cce9c55229a231b1e9fe4c26e77033bf8892ba0352d9e54bbe
font_01_sfnt_off000100c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C3 16936 bytes
SHA-256: bd9004792060813fba463a06d6af94969f6726d3fb8a5902ec24a76e1aaf8e18
font_02_sfnt_off00012cd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1