Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e4ace0413141c33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:47:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a76ef893490526cfe4741ad2f36aca78 SHA-1: 46ef165374dcf60cc3525f5a270175826392d3ab SHA-256: 3e4ace0413141c335c55234e461022b0cb8f0fa9ff8a678fe7c9ac58ed1a335b
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 0.9980

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://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de2e7715006243ed5084a06eb6529b85/37395386747.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prttour.ca/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210802_6739F20D874F227F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hzautomatisering.nl/userfiles/file/55469156196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getrade.net/uploadfiles/file/bujagezipagemigagibetosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/divadiritali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72968a695fb059eca40cee55ad925380/40812669496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents/files/tibexuviwofalololisodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/727919c0a82d9f178fb748cc92cf9e91/ketupomexakozajowejoxefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/vezaxabidosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/2631082340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunriverps.com/data/editor/file/relopagawefukofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8ad061d9fd---tapuwojemubudevixagazov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4483b9d61a---58772985026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazarziraat.com/userfiles/file/59255508312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/505cb00cfdbd55a42cac9cfdb94dc941/zanavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/73901879328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3a10fd823b---78969665316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/54150725867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/volisikexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e96909cbed---77118149057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/bipusofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/67338225982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=manual+penyusunan+lppd+2018PDF 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_off0000ed00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED00 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 84a023923f66f799951deeacdb332941c94c3f5a157976ba5f104c3b7cfbe551
font_01_sfnt_off00011a31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013248.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13248 10684 bytes
SHA-256: db12b3830453cc6a7687d79c929599707dd4ac35e583b99cca8f2984dc55eb57