Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 370e99eaec8b2566…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:59:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f75ee87ce1283f5f289f729665d6d6c9 SHA-1: 08c72513c32e2a8c040ce3eedb1a9313fe06be34 SHA-256: 370e99eaec8b25667d701cd9cd239ca7a147b7ed44307b9c0f82170a41884844
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting sites. These links are likely intended to redirect users to malicious content, such as phishing pages or malware downloaders. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the PDF structure suggests a link farm designed for SEO poisoning or similar malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609316ab9b48b---wisizobepuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/3454840778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/766bcee4c3c990c17ae71fc41dacf00d/78651291486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161032322e58b9---vexokudibufugovixenediwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embeddedhr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupitoreju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/sikonezisafimugafiripanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc41ba70d68---rugasipufumekamuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2f4daa92da---12532317522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morard-mcf.fr/data/Files/78757350936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606effa90f3a9---nipimepezopovozasawip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05srehegdjtjvsat0dci3k24u8/95754355776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc95d256fe---89233977374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/74913941050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/694a29455bc2865fedb2013b0158230a/guwigobaxapukadugori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d51f45821f---niramuvalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galgalesh.com/userfiles/file/fitidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/buginejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranthachcaodanang.com/uploads/image/files/lirogipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f00d217332---87961047690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nibrasimansch.com/userfiles/files/mobenalubevubowajajoluwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/293595aa1c3053f86801a59919ec5615/57912902639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f730594aec---fuxuxisojoginiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents//files/kupigafewakivupupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mam9fcfhmae1caclqg4g3p625/47757737549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/44572515533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reduce+pdf+file+size+in+adobe+indesignPDF 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_off0000e1f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1F8 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 6823af862d50e7ec97bdb0379c8a03c990e3064a700074b0213ebc4793fe37e8
font_01_sfnt_off00010ec0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EC0 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 450a95e9dc7a2d948f1c9abd87392e6f43c3468336015bad7b9f0eb243e1499c
font_02_sfnt_off00012898.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12898 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1