Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45c89674e33f533c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-15 18:16:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3dcc077c6d53067340a1fde3d5c6c41f SHA-1: 20ddce4adf927770a278141f549b7e160903ce11 SHA-256: 45c89674e33f533c35f29a39987aa40ef5741844efc1ec68103084f480f84b44
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. No scripts were extracted, but the sheer volume of suspicious URLs indicates a high likelihood of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://fkhd.cz/data/img/14031207689.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd848ad12e4---tulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4b6538c6e352ba7924515d189d194be/vuwusoxeponoxevaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608729e7b49e8---51562982551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b010bf67b1e9dd47fc1b2450a04c3dc7/nizajem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c0a05b4c1---bepubowafofodofobamimunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a732d26f251---55888095951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9140c9caf---74186635795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/16737215821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efe52e5cc37---dopumapejepagaral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/1848895023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608654da978fb---miwikiwosuluxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/xoxenexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db931d647e---82275757108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3109e5f20---mafagotudusewezanegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0f5760c55---98231866404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/modonavetetugefulujeter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tosto.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22958225876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d54626dee33d9d674b05c36c3dc9c71e/wonakipupamujeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc4e217074---saxolirusoxizenipeziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ddda03afe---sinulafuderibijuxifinuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf59ddf0b5---25800910107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/nekujuvirufifuwiwobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f6ed117e3---xokipitikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160affc68ee250---94104433554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucnhacuagio.com/upload/files/vudimadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=my+throat+is+scratchyPDF 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_off0000f0f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F0 16856 bytes
SHA-256: f5cfa92ad8698841c00547ac747990bfb4481be6782260fe8de3aac3479e696d
font_01_sfnt_off00011cae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CAE 10152 bytes
SHA-256: 00acef5cd9b286da230b926a8a8a245c8ad12ec3822180db8bf65ec73a676445
font_02_sfnt_off0001339c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1339C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1