Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 493396b1631a744d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 09:58:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2916eacbc0a8ac3a944d8e634f2166d0 SHA-1: 25514da6e5c9ee3f8b65ecb533017b52c8a39bb9 SHA-256: 493396b1631a744da09374adf326c691bccb4ba550c8ecd7a814c1fab145e1e1
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of numerous links, including those with 'utm_term' parameters, suggests a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 5

  • 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://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/wegiwutosa.pdf
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f522279e8a---letipidikalanulomupe.pdf
    • https://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/87336312474.pdf
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0md4479r47eojto55f84u0ppq/43594028547.pdf
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deaim5qrdnoc2j3ne7d37mgr16/34205255398.pdf
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/didagerexorowiriporuto.pdf
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51dfd078d1f23fad897bc6a5b22af48d/vofijawujadagonosaso.pdf
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac9871e31c0d950a99cf2f2e11fdeb1a/39575499789.pdf
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea6d05e0ccc7e7ab4eda8db8b1167115/wasivetevofatibu.pdf
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/35709930742.pdf
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c41d6c61835ee1a045a3d8a6339821eb/3693296301.pdf
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5a475f45e---92063028485.pdf
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9f9be2751---sefisor.pdf
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48948cbc2b---2378789494.pdf
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/koremejubopavufokalupu.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/313bb539483e3633afd0c3e2b78edd25/30181498949.pdf
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874ce1532e2---93837720967.pdf
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/3241660257.pdf
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/47971673531.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085206466f80---21001741196.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35678968a7.pdf
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/gubabutilepokamovawem.pdf
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607222bbe001b---xugusosewimawizexej.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+solve+for+x+and+y+intercepts
    • 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_off0000e9ca.bin
c649fc451f67a3179d77945cea985eae006909f6444c134c834d9925fbec1e11
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CA 11072 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103c1.bin
a19d6458dec51abb5029d4fe68922cff12891d5574020fb16db42dfd6fce8657
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C1 17708 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001326e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1326E 16792 bytes