Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2366da9875ecb332…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 23:08:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 73e71dc45704ad3be1703404664bcc96 SHA-1: 015f7682101f83818df2ee1dd8419cce53a86309 SHA-256: 2366da9875ecb33257bc6e5b28e90edec6877496eda6c5665070ac630e34e593
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the heuristic firings confirm the presence of suspicious external links and a link farm pattern. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xabapuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3d84f0a3f1bc31d8234723f3430b659/36023556458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jteitvs8qt96er7aibg6lusf61/kesaluderegegufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c3c1c7829---levomesexekudodewizat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/3145433278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/193a32790313c6596b6205c378328fca/vebufepewujeliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15cb7a80951f6d4cba62be30c4c150bc/53934080994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/65221987239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917d8d59145---14375153374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pgai6re0e18rpp763an4tlps5/8974713760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c608a13f99010816577b98bff9d19b3b/sifar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/nenusuzajojovezajabiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e53ab5df4bd694a93fb06352b7c226e/sideduwafurufinirivufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e9da8a381---32675206921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6d7e3bbdb856c84772b2a40f7ddd37b/85961836159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/plbn4iqtjnbglbr3gkrc72omku/66404433276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/gitexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/gogarax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/8121525459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857a43c6b5d---70358027755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/dofezovewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e54a13645---71563490394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lidiyageorgieva.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikiwewojike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/3480278626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+achieve+your+goalsPDF 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_off0000ec77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC77 17068 bytes
SHA-256: cc405ec5917e872132bfd6880665ee01915a2dc4d16ab0aa0767cbbadbdf1e48
font_01_sfnt_off000118e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130FD 10764 bytes
SHA-256: ad14b4a67f24a1a9f2eab2bc3dbb48ace8c6a65b61a88b9dd2986d55fda06630