Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 179ebaedf62c84f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:34:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9969df21548620e8b176d3968e73e8d8 SHA-1: 56280ab90adf7583ffb73a346cdf28ba7f584bc4 SHA-256: 179ebaedf62c84f2862965a97a7bbd27f473bcc19422afda20fe60dc1c6316d5
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' specifically flags a link to 'http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45sshonrtmgrlq65k4hbcvq1b2/wimex.pdf', indicating a likely attempt to direct the user to malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly suggests maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/gelapuzolefod.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6a2c826b311e3c0f632161db3cca9d3/taxirovimagadodad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traslochimontalto.it/userfiles/files/pajolapufexarir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f458ca70122a3490ca0ea346ea6a83c0/xejififobizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbestdesign.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/magop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/36407656707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/94868066722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangphatdanang.com/uploads/image/files/53335244443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a29228741---65839309207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipro.ma/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/62811275330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74c6ocn9v6k8c8vjetkko1c4n5/98838943873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fec4e70343---35011147933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoop.legreniervert.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98842786427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8d6acb041---28099232495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijaetis.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sufabixirebipimukuzunaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/78049067029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faceconnects.com/ci/userfiles/files/33654985955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/71170077278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatacorp.com/upload/files/87645209278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45sshonrtmgrlq65k4hbcvq1b2/wimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkokmagnetwire.com/ecodev_test/image_system/files/85235782406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/2825700735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///ledika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8a0945108---23290729724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/vokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=manual+yamaha+factor+150+ubsPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD934 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 70e9f3e05ee8808f45c899578fdda2d0a0855e275455c2405ecdb506e73da233
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D2 18480 bytes
SHA-256: db0a14468d6d392df82df675508248f2e4a824ae3f886d2b0cd6b27643f66cc7
font_02_sfnt_off000122f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1