Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 219545a614c6da7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:54:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 59aade7c203ac23b8c680547177f60d9 SHA-1: d075f34d40f207c6fdc8b01bf7a73f33446ff792 SHA-256: 219545a614c6da7c8a0ec489faff6249834292a60c8c442182599ed2d3974f7b
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service, a common lure for phishing attacks. The document contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, likely intended to host malicious payloads or redirect users to further stages of an attack. While no scripts were directly extracted, the ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent, and the presence of numerous embedded URLs suggests a downloader or exploit delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Cloud document impersonation lure medium SE_CLOUD_DOC_LURE
    Document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft 365 and asks the user to open, verify, or access a shared document
  • 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://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/tudojavikogikimele.pdf
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021090204110555.pdf
    • http://itps-group.com/uploadfiles/file/tefuzijorisewenegurujuxe.pdf
    • https://quimicasorocolor.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2799238779.pdf
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/7251496030.pdf
    • http://kuehllawpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vuvipofivagorojumugabujo.pdf
    • http://osstemcardiotec.com/files/fckeditor/file/1971937648613fd2e603008.pdf
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/256da5f723b030ea890ec669c4a2b7d2/5529663874.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e0a7e613d3---zejumamapatagigisuluzobik.pdf
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/9507877313.pdf
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ou156th0q6l2aoi3t3c8bbh4h3/ridesilavutebuxejulijojej.pdf
    • http://jiin-torng.com/uploadfiles/20210916032805.pdf
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89713466282.pdf
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1986126832.pdf
    • http://sakuragiramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/11085151636.pdf
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e5e55da8d1---10123540329.pdf
    • http://osstemcardiotec.com/files/fckeditor/file/654203189613ff8e1eddba.pdf
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/41868348519.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f6fd196d9e---37359945785.pdf
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nenosokunovimub.pdf
    • http://graylegalservices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/89358062251.pdf
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/putodis.pdf
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/13060765793.pdf
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/27184662846.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bc855a7ea---9119641486.pdf
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/losazikusumetuloxeji.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=flash+tablet+android
    • 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_off0000ee26.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE26 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001063d.bin
70e2dc32d7b7f8a9add0bf944113bac4ef236faa89b393b10b3f845024609b08
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1063D 10460 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd8.bin
62bf8d70b3a8b270ba6e7d099417a407e44a554b56b4cec0b2a9ed182b8d0543
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD8 17804 bytes