Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3397d11abbddf991…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 07:21:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 213700fae5fd30049a0f6589b2e1680c SHA-1: 4a985d4d74a3a5dfb2dce665fe48ed10604ffec9 SHA-256: 3397d11abbddf991854c875e73f8462a330e9dd0683de7bdc01e8e891f5bc8da
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and multiple heuristics identified the PDF as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The embedded URLs, such as http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c99dd9c9b6---16067335067.pdf, are likely used to distribute further malicious content or lead to phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure document designed to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ea46ab385---kifadelonasa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c99dd9c9b6---16067335067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e08e154630---44692176227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a469a76e0db---49899099821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/nitubafijurulodonese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e23d2fc43fc4b01826833ec866b7082/85282378168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47051a6f9a---kikekijemaxofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubforeducation.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/27410373147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/rojorokotamipojivupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/vusulonoxefuwojurotakazuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eaaf4a55b2---51881840667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb742afccb---guzido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd1387751ecc0017dd3cb95d236a5ae6/lojikavuromexubugitiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608123e913f90---toberudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4cuaton5ibqvvi3luobt54av8/vifirixijiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusheng-vietnam.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/xunidaxawitifibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bfevdj8pfi8nca7lh8s9mgnq6/wopawoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/76855442705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/1515036729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbe8aa4da91a972669361ac0bb32ccaf/74080633125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63550b50bc0d2c994e03a3f44d7e744f/vamixaxelezanomukitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cae93615272709046fa2d4df5a122537/73708752276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/71973361670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b9d4d00d6c15c4f7c45568d0d7569bb/duneku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hdn6g8tgouuteclbhj3a6ht0h/xutadolowuxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=stable+element+115PDF 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_off00010ebf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000126d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D6 10192 bytes
SHA-256: a1ae01fd3634baeefa1b30982889de46f7a3e93a3af7243e47ca1f3c5183f417
font_02_sfnt_off00013dbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DBF 21032 bytes
SHA-256: 97a2b9231fe222acb3f927c9d7e6a3b5728fb7f1fe14d6e54b915e41d0e2745f