Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 359d7f3a52e54457…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 14:49:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: edb5ad9aa2278ffd67e80a9693455bfd SHA-1: 866284b846ceea8ebf9497d38cc1d882dea23cec SHA-256: 359d7f3a52e54457bd89b34eb9cf2a6bc04ca11d98a8589c7cfd06df1dc86bb3
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and heuristics suggest the document's primary purpose is to facilitate malicious redirects, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=homework+2.3+piecewise+functions+answers
    • http://ccsup.co.th/uploads/ckfinder/files/17467767028.pdf
    • http://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/sowoniwisiladono.pdf
    • http://hasici-pristroje-eshop.cz/files/file/60573886013.pdf
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e290e79a674a7b2f2dbab69917f746cf/wixufopurux.pdf
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd6e455d6ee999837f086842043a37e6/32349446472.pdf
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/77029549378.pdf
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/gozetegosiforeg.pdf
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ne9ohqe9pkkcqpb99qpsb6v8l3/49997109039.pdf
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kk2gb96i7es6fjc51kmohpcqt6/41744311134.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094146289826---putujekob.pdf
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c9715653a---divofojovuzogobuvug.pdf
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e20a77f50f2f7fc65ec61bb3fb56e00e/88332808709.pdf
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/putivimudanofunomowuwuni.pdf
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1595e84a11237db5473c4a7999bb15f/zikogugilogoro.pdf
    • http://lucavolpicella.it/userfiles/files/tobewinivom.pdf
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1b441f0934---jexomijunukagunuje.pdf
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c97c4438fe---1824750730.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607710e195d4d---xorenenodutonomilapibo.pdf
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/givis.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f3b5ec4423p6rf6tchdd2va47/dixagajitolufaretufoxo.pdf
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/335d3964ca9e9f30ed9efddc480fde19/lijukewab.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca4991f55c---64781121469.pdf
    • http://www.taimaobi.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/folubukogejejejudobimem.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0706pdk9nngdsvs9e36dnatka5/nijaw.pdf
    • 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_off0000be9b.bin
f1ed8bb15a6833446e3a6355757659dd7c217f91926b99f87459215efa8de6ee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE9B 11220 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d914.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD914 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f126.bin
8c9bf1d2f7da9a5298b554c0d9a78821e2f0cbfffdcef55bbb80ac7529e30eb9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF126 16960 bytes