Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0091d4f785954e76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 08:24:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 658dc04f78c9a1a1589f8ba3759dfaa7 SHA-1: 666fbcb4be63a7b77f0bcd1e89a48c8be0b88bb4 SHA-256: 0091d4f785954e7691c22c315907dc3d3a8191c9059d05bee60165a9846e9ead
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and numerous external links suggest an attempt to direct users to malicious content or phishing sites, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 5

  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cooked+green+lentils+nutrition
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/92048239062.pdf
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/41850725814.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a962f1c9492---votuwodese.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnfvduen07ukoh3be4vmli3042/wuwoxu.pdf
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae92449b87---95784846975.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085be901ed7f---meneforamaxora.pdf
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c137dc443fa2aee2f61cbf2010da4be9/87188632741.pdf
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f4a3152de---84073484598.pdf
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d06295778d20609f25531adc557c2439/woluzinejepose.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f63f90513b---mefab.pdf
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/kimafofusux.pdf
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/varameloxisopuga.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b00d8b6f1---mepojejupe.pdf
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6540b75af---16664667685.pdf
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec2b554f1d7b0028f86fb76a25111924/tewawesokefutekir.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608277fe3d90c---4341405208.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2hknsrerlen6aursdjhq9b8lj/xogolo.pdf
    • http://americanewbie.com/userfiles/file/xamezuburuwarugexute.pdf
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtp6olq2gdc12mu5u7pmnf55g0/bonatufovirupomoraminodi.pdf
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/46270897695.pdf
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0864ba98c9---xedep.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0169bb55f---jiremojinarumifa.pdf
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609117867cda9---pujotujurulanav.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb0c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB0C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011323.bin
cb91e5d687f70c55c1734dbda3067ad307e783b0ac4a2f25b3834539a59a823b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11323 10484 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012ae2.bin
05287b1ef3dc3a2dfcf9adb2050ceef14c54fcd2e4dd4814d7470c854a715359
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AE2 17980 bytes