Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bee55a06b2793ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 07:49:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7690516b456061c8ea1387c702137ecc SHA-1: 0da0dbe1e4415aa3d2938c3403b60e82cfbd7689 SHA-256: 2bee55a06b2793ac49853ab0cd75b1bd88c388712080c35a5931a18028a4d8d1
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the link farm structure suggests an attempt to distribute or redirect to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristic firings point to a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b00a815c3---85494326036.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d17f548538d60fbcde6510434f99cfa/38930483038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894ff6d0a49---10724297194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e44a11055e---romitomonopamugem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/415b1957dda6a9ebb4acca565a040bc6/suwisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbb08c70c9e8ea9e301012e26da0030f/gipepugemedarakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ff0340b87---46627023468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-cluny.cz/UserFiles/file/93000220979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/paxomalobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a95ccefc85bd2d217d97333e276e298/88670889431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/tawibajizemivin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondaototanan.com/upload/files/dakatogeseduvegogepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image//files/mifagotepafovokibajixewis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25aa354b79---napinex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c4c02ab5bce7ba1463981e12fe82230/fudefatuvuzivudos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vjk442ad4c7prpqh1jjdvjttb/98722448101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2cad4add89---paxisonewupevopilepapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ae29d0257---xonejujibefoturolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kiump4b9njmmqngbfsnqv5cjuq/rojirekuborego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0091503c718b81ba8ac562e48d1c417/paxogugoxojupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38dus1u8jf3un0c2d8vk978835/63774206315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766b30e4432---73639179260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53e49e3beb6931225d661087b14e4923/22096065348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6f2428595c7154dbfa4ce1a311f5f84/76843243524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+connect+alexa+echo+dot+to+bluetooth+phonePDF 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_off0000f169.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF169 17024 bytes
SHA-256: 3d4585c87bec8e2b9363178271e43e0eb01bea5ff0b8df32d8d1cb43d6a19d09
font_01_sfnt_off00011de3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DE3 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 7f476753b92489cd6cd6f1ae1b6b9dde86ecb098f8b19f560476fafe5db630c4
font_02_sfnt_off00013613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13613 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1