Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ae088ab7dbefe11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-08-20 13:23:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 589af1b5ba64db23c4db0ef44f24b930 SHA-1: 458f9a9c2bd7774489ec72888367efd852234db6 SHA-256: 0ae088ab7dbefe115a7e72eb82108753a24570ce5d5bb080b984d61ac07a4a0a
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness. The document's primary function appears to be acting as a link farm, potentially for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malicious content, rather than delivering a direct payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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=sociology+exploring+the+architecture+of+everyday+life+12th+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099824285178---sijosesalukusuwituliwimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b271676b332---78402506989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/besipusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0a2a547c2---dorixemuvekasutege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bccba24ebf7f2d5e6e63205d6a3c087/14854096793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skatrip.com/basefile/skatripcom/files/xiwuzobebozeguregiwatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608844f602172---96233298322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/favavogejidobazojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iohrp.org/f_files/files/pebiwiruvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetraeng.it/userfiles/files/pufemerutumimufupafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/sejaxapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5133520726291ce965ae50ea1d4d4986/mevizuxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/33943750568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cbff586a06---bijumuzeribumarejejutadaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e92742e20---63203596115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phamtrangia.com/upload/files/javerivavujajimogowokik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://g-shocktou.com/user_file/file/meliwidozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce5ba1d7046---wasilele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef21985640---37635312472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypcalumni.com/clients/2/24/24042806289e0d450134266962f0a0d8/File/jufomozivegagorezitorom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/bamigawirejexilomobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58f8a39e9e2393a46d7874483cfed2bd/totidelafugakuromejaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a86632ef7a42e5fc1fb5219008563c2e/sekaxorigefijozafejemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/kunemomuvoliwusafol.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_off0000ca5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA5E 16604 bytes
SHA-256: 8b671fed97217e9a471267cf908ad369d66b1d92de0f59c6c0ebf853e948868b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B8 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 148f15fb75ede01c682b4e163e0cef4cc60fab9cf178d164e9bca8f79e0202bb
font_02_sfnt_off00011061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11061 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1