Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03b673f968af3e89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:24:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1d3676656d7e91dea60c5dd93a322021 SHA-1: a442284b7c3e1c7f59c51768d21598b3cb0db5dd SHA-256: 03b673f968af3e89398759640c34a15ffdd340ba6c983bd3e8660054f124f6e2
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to PDF files hosted on various domains. Several heuristics indicate that this is a link farm, with some links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The primary purpose appears to be to distribute or link to other malicious documents, potentially for SEO poisoning or to lead users to phishing or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4669

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/dopobamis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fmmvn.net/userfiles/files/vufamowig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coss-wynn-reunion.com/clients/d/db/dbe3622004495b304d8703879a486b7d/File/jukiziwosajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vujasiguxukugas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161122ddb56f46---98991033877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinorarechem.com/upload/files/gaduzirorumazamifowejigem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/20032139460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96cee053b3f2d2e798f817d978eb5181/1958195678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wordtmann.beckbauer.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repalikopux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f420a444bf---welag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kutorunasalalulevaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs/files/51315688067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ost-fogging.com/upload/files/nitoluxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d4bu00v4gl9pd0ltbm7h842me/9199483095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856ce5c2a1c---14571034321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniqueaddress.in/crm/files/xifadonizisilaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/63919340437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/fiperumunerofamum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushistoryus.com/uploads/files/tufefukixonovewera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e10df817a0---xawizewewotejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/29109354915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://issaproject.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lubikejuzopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/62144479498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/dekodekididotovikifubilax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarissoft.com/img/userfiles/files/mevodusufowejaxoruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2uh11ls7u9mlabholrj8a6g9n/kozenakajezafoxedobufexim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=fichas+espa%C3%B1ol+para+extranjeros+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c60b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC60B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000de1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE1D 18724 bytes
SHA-256: abbd3c418b915bd4905ac4c924d60526118963271504dfb7d6a9907630fad56c
font_02_sfnt_off00010d2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D2A 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 20a9f06f074f86d7d39feaa172c1dc0b75017b6601a7514f79e2a57405393778