Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d8e9ab7673406ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:28:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 36294c7f7d768d9d9fcb3d72caa57870 SHA-1: e0adf1df76d86c7081ebce58aff8fb9ee5aa1691 SHA-256: 0d8e9ab7673406ecd73429d6a0bcc635143a7e60669bf6ca8c0c4a5d5529c141
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the link farm behavior suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content. The document's purpose appears to be to lure users to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=technical+communication+principles+and+practice+by+meenakshi+raman+pdf
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968180d6737---vivamanovegitaxafatuxabel.pdf
    • http://myshopekerala.com/userfiles/file/46039649114.pdf
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30cb7711760bb331e8bb24876fae4eca/fudupejuzafukovudunijaw.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e2k07g8557a07bg84hq6cjasd/76465951973.pdf
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/32735345287.pdf
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/kanamuraralilanakivupeku.pdf
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bb25cac618d0c819ad10fd6b8f9355c/25609073656.pdf
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/pirovigelojoratod.pdf
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae97edd9d6---boviwipurasidubagagewo.pdf
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/77907591315.pdf
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/625209189477a212ace2f0d8e48daed0/ponegodelukomadisa.pdf
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/39717863574.pdf
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c15e22d11---46702921345.pdf
    • http://nineslash.com/user_file/file/46405944702.pdf
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/fofovovifumasenav.pdf
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e37e00dc32---24661929480.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93ad1267eb92825bdb5b6db68e53797d/fimotupifujat.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b2f154dcc023c4947938eb403c9948a/22460047118.pdf
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/raramidovabagor.pdf
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/81550454233.pdf
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c77d7bef2bb3aa622b0fb696948dc97b/13902477199.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e218cef5a---vafelo.pdf
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/42084176535.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796bfd6b42c---teramidomu.pdf
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/jiwifaxadixafas.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa9548362c---15947534233.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_off00010b3b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B3B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001234d.bin
94226cb0fb91bc9d19fde2c747e392b270416930d78f61adaae3ce61a0e8e518
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234D 17196 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001502a.bin
d939aa009c01df7537c3e358a649c25b6ae1f8d401d28800bdcdad8027c44d48
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1502A 11296 bytes