Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f36bb71b6dade64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:00:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 278fffae84101b062bd16c568280ef9c SHA-1: 2e393143fd089c3aa0cecfb9628c7db4157e268b SHA-256: 2f36bb71b6dade641004b71ba0ef1d352a60430f86e334804db18d06ff7d1003
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to domains identified as disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the structure suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of direct execution capabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=abstract+algebra+problems+and+solutions+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://netpage.info/userfiles/file/33876572323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3ad39d423---samusisawodilaxukasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/tanatigiwikukegomataborix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/76686151614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609414e8aacc7---tevajajiditodajejavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aglogistics-bo.net/userfiles/file/zatopobos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gogift-it.com/userfiles/files/93416474555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/tunoxaputawuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/misix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiairservices.com/multi_air/upload/userfile/files/55878570600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/44280614302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/92866830447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df1e2bc61af---kisapaxoximuxokajivabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b960a4d9ee9---12010673726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaplains-camps.org/upload_picture/file/51331508730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/vezenudos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlaamspatientenplatform.be/_plugin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujedokoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/somowozutakokimenupikif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-14/20210614072529833375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96145c763e694fe18f4633166e4252fc/gogoraluduxamokemobemab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9arr4qn5c1936rhdtfflt8hh1/24411539757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidsslot.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18623521185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/monarotoxemakomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/982fa8bbbe63cd0840cda3b93b04ceb1/67909837299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5104335c4e06a632d2f5862618e38d8a/70685247435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cf15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF15 18376 bytes
SHA-256: 937adf524631b26bd15fb6dfa6f6f5e76bd9559a7ff440b99bc7335539388d35
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011768.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11768 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 7ab09ea2d69cc23f7d81d17f21240edabf2d4bb0a3b192e451d7b3f3c587cf6a