Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ca127fc4731af22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 08:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: babf754266217b834dd99ed162766416 SHA-1: ebb8bd5782838bac34e62bbfe2a8b051b73f8af0 SHA-256: 2ca127fc4731af2202ea085f22181468667e1edcc430ed0c6ffa39900e0e6d68
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to various PDF files hosted on what appear to be compromised CMS sites. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the PDF link farm heuristic suggests a non-standard use of hosting for SEO or distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL distribution indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb473c6f1b---35740518771.pdf
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080678d26162---nopovijiguf.pdf
    • https://kildevangen.dk/files/81894171682.pdf
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/firadoxasebizo.pdf
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/ganetoboki.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n279jtror62hdi2h6cm7er0ko2/legubobaj.pdf
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/47349834086.pdf
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd2819eb210c24817f76ba2a67dd382b/57021525159.pdf
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a95cc8d786---jukope.pdf
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/89982999517.pdf
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d57c29505e---44154790974.pdf
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/32075594085.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609417c62c23f---sugopelezateroxabim.pdf
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c14bd9199---79152215420.pdf
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f68048226c---tagadalimebado.pdf
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/67479596828.pdf
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/gesolezotidubosidig.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcctdq57f7g3m5s6mclujr034e/74009641042.pdf
    • https://collegemahan.ir/basefile/collegemahanir/files/lidegula.pdf
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/10737287305.pdf
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/2811020489.pdf
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b898ba3edef9ef23924929db15d6688/zikewixomawetikilit.pdf
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5172e438d90370886ddc3e21ba2a9de4/pibomamikupu.pdf
    • http://kup-vino.cz/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixasedazekogufex.pdf
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/82370358203.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=repost+multiple+pictures+on+instagram
    • 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_off0000ecf3.bin
1e801932d856d40a045910219a2799fb2b256d95414069c162394151cf93d40f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF3 17284 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a19.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A19 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013230.bin
7737c40f0b0e8e0b1099e89f1056371bbdcd9d9308b0bfc3f22795c00c4bfc3a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13230 10860 bytes