Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ae31408d0594a78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 20:35:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 431030e0c46631df2d8bdce27a5a4a54 SHA-1: 7ba8ff95ee6d271d1deb8feb65796ca4d877c160 SHA-256: 0ae31408d0594a7845b385aff1460672402716756ef28ee7b54005eb9e8bd17b
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the heuristic firings suggest it's designed to lead users to potentially harmful content. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack pattern is the distribution of malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9838

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=single+payer+universal+healthcare+meaning
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82860ba769---80757667507.pdf
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30cd09fe6301bc72dceaef96e5a7fe63/medefomukafop.pdf
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/1934992168.pdf
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9heh60p6e1l6abgjt2ufgatbt7/faxisotopifoludep.pdf
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/depudurubuvefiramoweruzux.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c84c30851e---58524732588.pdf
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db8a2de091---34142287723.pdf
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7dbb67b514379cb838d3f8932a1649c/65647297298.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7987fb81780b9fecceb547ac8a243944/2583547004.pdf
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/zalabiwipowamopu.pdf
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/mirugagimejabemajud.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5e4dd39eb16236b27d76189e0ea6e59/novawudiroge.pdf
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbbvceggkoukmffn64sb41prc6/69808607299.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a144acc808c---gibezubenenawel.pdf
    • http://protok.pro/upload/files/12939978498.pdf
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0j9h8aj7ge8m6iqjpgpu8q3vj8/11199818919.pdf
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/zepejirovuxebikaxagujefon.pdf
    • http://wami.cc/data/files/zabetisawupivetuxu.pdf
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r3jvcsi76j1jjfb5c0c0dqc833/wululalufibexegurowofu.pdf
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609201db4bffa---96065502335.pdf
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f286f5cc72---vipopiniram.pdf
    • http://ministerium.pt/files/jigawuj.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00019886.bin
574807b8501fda1f91deab28a9a16c0c18416b752dd52fcdcbc7609e1616ccf2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19886 19088 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001ca7c.bin
a99080b6f815b0171404bbe67a514a6e3e002b3f8628de2a8724eefcf8ee0cd9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CA7C 16612 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001e1f7.bin
60b6160821694adc64c1a052a95f9c16528e5fc87022aa36cf526d06cf0c385a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E1F7 11056 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001fb8d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FB8D 16792 bytes