Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 057df146b49de562…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-07-27 05:48:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ada03a372ca56276dba0728db2c606d2 SHA-1: 92cc0ef9d963e55ca983d005a9c2a5945c70ac00 SHA-256: 057df146b49de56284271e31f48cc209f942915b3c525e6168354ef6ea79a99b
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs. Several of these URLs point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, and some host other PDF files, suggesting a chain of malicious redirection. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/vumexaxowibiduserog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3533b5858ec55eaa1bea84671d100f2e/jazom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/27498825017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f350d9cf939d19a00cdc102a97210d58/6029663691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608012f3e9764---nisokibaxeboxikejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/madonidiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/mubofetimagipoluxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609842fba7dd2---26837170683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/crqurbpp629j04norihkvveia1/babipezurotofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-p-p-c.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78037596831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brs.jo/userfiles/files/81942125648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d49e7123479619bfd6671e03a4eb05c/65165771684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/1854660845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d806e422de8---guwifodebevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgo6i3ku1esf7mrg2q76idt7h2/62339043250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/jenofuxepugisexasota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qihuhj2am0ut4h8oagssk7d2ba/bufatojekupobakugowibij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5f5124f99fc14a795c39360615b8426/46856379577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/44117238701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c070d9346---gotogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d223a9228a4eb5b39ce2574bba3bd2a/vorodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaeocs.com/clients/c/c7/c75ed17bfa54634cfc1039f1b599a7e7/File/71866780561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d49400248c---gajudexegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turatabor.hu/media/56732934392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/17451987875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ffadc235c957a521b6faa6feec54613/xetomekonogibusufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=modern+automotive+technology+8th+edition+workbook+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000d52d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD52D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED44 11868 bytes
SHA-256: 1bf64042bb9b00730d48f52a024dbe9394a41b8754632fca6c427089cac85273
font_02_sfnt_off0001092c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1092C 16752 bytes
SHA-256: a113df624647d005fe1443252296c65bbff158ce8128a4b9e73c5a0dad18765c