Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 354fdf85596494bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-07-20 00:50:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 25615bb244da51328fb1c6773333870a SHA-1: 598a39c36c3be98470674f9bd7cd47722b8cb383 SHA-256: 354fdf85596494bdb97e46776fa1660b27b959922d3078e175d4525d327d1e91
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDFs. This suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content through a network of compromised infrastructure. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of numerous links on potentially disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent to lure users to download further content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c385afffac92d012511fcde7aed8d600/lekud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doanekeyes.com/userfiles/docs/sidofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69bfe58c5f2bd0780488aa1346cda8a5/88228363304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43cnf4flcr6085sja7nd3b9t20/gitelatime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/lazupojize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a9db8cd14---98351058996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/jebowalutufezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lhk9ca7kbbjh07imjhd518roc/nitegekizulawomofozilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epapu63flh8tdiqoarbe2n0u3h/nefoxizuzep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba96c205860---jasaguvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e36d6954acd4fb783e85a0ee475825d1/92776125082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1d7pj9vptp2rjiqra7sd00nk7/36213156589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ds23edig8hgjs982vl4961o1ut/33470729438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faceless.me/userfiles/files/runuwetovapegijamadob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/71666261262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flambotour.it/themes/userfiles//files/semaforazibevanezanupewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c62c4574550---koxuvoruzerokam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://henklinders.nl/henklinders/upload/files/faxina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e78bc274131---90887561460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88a2727534---52324869393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a7880269a---69361768749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/fudiludupotalideliniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4caf6fc32635b1a1602c9d4caf51cedf/sejozulolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/83938863716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f61c56e3b5---tuwobogiwofoniwomene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecapsuledigian.it/file/79488695691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=converting+pdf+documentsPDF 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_off0000cfea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFEA 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 77627c0e7b7e615aebb0332a030c79d472d59b3f087f81768f1ac7917a489588
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000113ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113AD 10952 bytes
SHA-256: f59709e0c8105637f4a8a565065b9b854673387aef76fe862b2b8b579dc82bbe