Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d93195bea777e55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-08-13 11:24:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 1b20bc16a4903fe0fba6dd2b7e5e1a00 SHA-1: 2ebfbf2f4f60b54e7e658a8c5d6994c1d179220a SHA-256: 3d93195bea777e55b4f5e0555524e84af0ba4acffda9ed4a295ca4fa3bfe0b69
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8647c4273b---noputobufibaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vialivonica.eu/userfiles/files/toguvawipipujozisapik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/38585748975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a080071d4b3---22869302967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.org/UploadFile/file/F1202105100747436599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesht.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89025487235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesifveotesi.com/files/95505077621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19468bda08---85565346374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/repodaxizajevedibekiseze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0d23e039d5976d77ef551fd773b8538/dirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/79955443957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5790a20892---80172556140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostingyuvasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bizugataxubujimon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/bepukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5f15b0d59---nozeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nilnq0pagvtvvv671fpf7e3424/linofodiwubiburonotivezap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab09feeedb---55461943362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ppfi-online.com/userfiles/file/42374096687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/lozegotonetewitonimilop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peggylittlelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lazuvimegemekamonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d43c8237d03---35265707443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.vn/images/files/33661037821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzph.com/userfiles/file/Fl202107260249204893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/8685175088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887e4659b04---58184184242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=candidate+evaluation+icivics+activity+answer+keyPDF 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_off000105a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011db2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB2 16804 bytes
SHA-256: e8e41c8368f74b7a4e920d1f661f73467db087413a239fbe4f7736ce674c06a1
font_02_sfnt_off00014943.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14943 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 104d58e5de206d6262daeab39710d190888314f4d1c815f025eb1b2e4cdee6ff