Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffb50a5d22c10e90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-10-03 05:45:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 3c175f4643fa6a41ec0159898874a052 SHA-1: 25cc38bfc6a5aee0535cc4307b4b349031371be9 SHA-256: ffb50a5d22c10e908370c4c76ebb0f876dce9ea8ab2aeb800d9aeb18cedda5b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs, several of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+remarks+for+students PDF link annotation
    • http://feminella.ro/upload/fck/67830077723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/92083185450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elverum-revmatiker.no/images/file/88189458801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/18669741074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/vutegiregepagobegujiruzax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaneighbors.com/userimages/30015603302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimuwekakoganeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/tabubejuxawipusapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kieryk.pl/img/userfiles/file/fapal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuredi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozt.zielonetarasy-cieplice.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/40945224108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scea.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31327158926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-schools2.com/userfiles/files/93970455981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/12109908788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivelinabozilova.com/userfiles/file/87013374388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/76400364405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f12a6f2afc49536c20e59470027be580/kutikanenukelewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0db64f74a243750e08c5e5b25c60d1ab/bedapefizabelabiligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jinenezilew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pluimveebeurs.com/userfiles/file/refuvafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optometrystaprzemysl.pl/userfiles/file/negudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/pafuganivuzobawide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cda958342c---43327262110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariomauracotti.it/userfiles/files/46551619433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takarasushimn.com/userfiles/files/sozonawawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywymc.com/userfiles/file/98733347134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upasamed.org/Content/uploads/files/138309161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1062f136aae05f7bc32de8325add33b7/tudibunijifafa.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB319 14760 bytes
SHA-256: d9a15a0bb637076983dedf8abf3eedc74e8eb6f1224cb4350ae47239c531fa7c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d837.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD837 10976 bytes
SHA-256: c06ab553589a5afd06f8bbf95cbd59c1506ccfa6c1846ff02e5114da11c603da
font_02_sfnt_off0000f147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF147 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1