Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 111b232853c752d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 03:09:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: bb3de04907e219924074666250e8b974 SHA-1: fabaeac78926f1dd3211c2315212bb1c979fea0b SHA-256: 111b232853c752d8266e7aa241757bec0d814d6816b8d1b728ba1587cdb9d771
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters further support the hypothesis of a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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=cost+of+cubic+yard+of+concrete PDF link annotation
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zeniwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24a8aea7bb30acebc2b859bc0ddcfc36/jabanuxerokajotewike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/diwarojobeboxomojejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869c5a48f76---folozisivupuxuzesipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa2baa96f4af878b40407f1ae154cc60/jagosexamerodejet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860ab42fa88---70911461921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071229b52bad---sokimudoxitumapevukeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/91009076476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/xebabuwotajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc7dbf65bd572be15dca9010f1b1332/84326021052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ad5051db1---97783256256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d57bp0p7nfnfq6b3is67u8ovf7/domoloferodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b7ff371d5---teziwevevifikotevagotepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/begesaruruvinoseferagemas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68bf56c8f443bb0b32daf82966195ab3/78198731926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a6f69e40ec838c3031a896e66025e1/papidemogorabezusowekabin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609389751366e---wukivugan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7ef7666f94e036f61244609664ba38a/41156742981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af3897306914da9e1c3ca38d3b2b2e1d/gewonatoxofenajufafili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/gagebololeredijofonenelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbqne26crndom6dtq48i8tots6/86168874663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607535ea0dbc9---nonepekidovijorese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0888b31afdc3d82443b784ca45c2db4a/29671850850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e12892b86151a9b34c4356f39c97c3e1/fazemubesejilowuboxiniz.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_off0000d8d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D0 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 581586edcef0378cdacb4af8ecab633421112286119cfffc57fc7ea0cc657997
font_01_sfnt_off00010695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10695 10808 bytes
SHA-256: e6723a17fd5a78d752bfa6684f299664feba8b158be071c447eec859b7002951
font_02_sfnt_off00011fbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1