Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f50544e150237d9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:11:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 004eda1b0b7c9b1c7fee1f4c111e6322 SHA-1: d057fe243caca28fd3f7edc8700ff44cd458e888 SHA-256: f50544e150237d9fde55bf08e9ae85e01942a851fce5ac1f70eac6c3270014ee
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=singer+touch+tronic+2005+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab9a4f98077381fd99164f40fceec8ad/gulipared.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e034597f70b8b9d063d6a63d39b71697/38923956725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/61741248934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fc46ce2e9---43616762529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgfealqjioq0521f7t4abn88l5/98364873297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6etosppo349cgivm1odmp1if6/jukowob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f75719933---68609793661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jucadent.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97652205800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/88514710953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/3899909439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b3b80db3a---tutisowediluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/31526976039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/zozejalozefotituganovenin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/29267878253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/62042492630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pbm1deq50km8bttglcsfblna6/13258062229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/fefazatedizunifazuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e5ucgmp9l7q7tuoja6r4qrov0/jodirutetudozifokakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8a918e242---mategubeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/quu124pber8uurjga3v6opcogm/16222510820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c9b969919---satipikolupevuseleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c6a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000deb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEB5 17240 bytes
SHA-256: faf00a3e4b2e8217b4d880301521ce88ba8bc4485ff60246c5184d3748f8dcdb
font_02_sfnt_off00010bec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BEC 16224 bytes
SHA-256: dc06733fb1b3e8baa4303a7b234726769048d67753183ec25fed266cd0fe6b8d
font_03_sfnt_off000121b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B6 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 57680b94e47710b9eaf7f9e6556021b717578c19c9f48d75ff7fe70f42b8abad