Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0da92aded335dc7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 20:57:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c239965797d3e0a2585b22cb3ea3957b SHA-1: fdcf9d46b73f459cf3f7f7ecdc10f3bfaf802966 SHA-256: 0da92aded335dc7ad152538c9f5121e6fc0da4bcf43cf936d71f75b2155110ca
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the assessment that it is used for malicious redirection or phishing. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to exploit users via web redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=qualitative+business+research
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/jibikotujixarenemoxijes.pdf
    • http://dzwigipoznan.pl/userfiles/file/kavaf.pdf
    • http://nagymester.com/userfiles/file/39358008046.pdf
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ushjpgog8s42sak24r4j60vap1/68764092082.pdf
    • https://standardpromotion.com/images/upload/userfiles/files/ziferozeta.pdf
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ge6i3t4i26upfgikq3e3jjlne/3657536184.pdf
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcd92346a36bab5dc42247c53b815ec0/xelamivegubemadixux.pdf
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd631183fb1e4eb0b4bd7c7d5cc2d44a/65521047351.pdf
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/42850011368.pdf
    • http://componentcnc.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78021248988.pdf
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f09db58a4---wofozuforomew.pdf
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969d1c5ca46---73524744477.pdf
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073935246d2e---7745265902.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8a6cbd736---43923663668.pdf
    • http://dietetyka-24.pl/images/files/valefogasesujarederi.pdf
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/80714156085.pdf
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e32f637e5---reduxodujesejunefol.pdf
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1cec7bf4b---5856245849.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11b0eb00ba---tuvulufotimewazokor.pdf
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/mowexumoxozuboke.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e04d4061d---solilepegexu.pdf
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lm7kr7cs40r1dm95k1qpmgt1vc/15147129890.pdf
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/39916435225.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_off0000ed88.bin
0345e211524333d9a017e115eb9323f839b58e15be5f33508c0e81698936863d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED88 17040 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118cc.bin
e8f4fd8a6339b684ca12172959e0bce474ccb4157db979c9ee4e4f74930d308b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118CC 10572 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013103.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13103 16792 bytes