Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a48c0ae29b98277…

MALICIOUS

PDF

175.3 KB Created: 2021-10-06 05:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 66e1cd91cf2032f938ef123ef4420cab SHA-1: c49898feca1c7134c053c651e1a521159df2161e SHA-256: 4a48c0ae29b9827796038880b04c95a563768eb006098c7b40b8ea828b7cba76
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URIs, many of which point to external files hosted on various domains, including compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to other malicious documents, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

Heuristics 6

  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://redemaisfarma.com/userfiles/file/mapowarafiwojuzege.pdf
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210922_ECA0A0E1808D7078.pdf
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/milisir.pdf
    • https://amoslodge10.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16808833448.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336c70416d5---tojezajobapuzemujatovo.pdf
    • http://micruts.org/userfiles/file/83503125752.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614502cf5c432---burudafu.pdf
    • http://peknanevesta.sk/media/file/busijuxam.pdf
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/32067780052.pdf
    • https://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vadevinusa.pdf
    • http://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/voxopizukularepojusa.pdf
    • https://paulogomeslda.com/userfiles/file/fagujekijavomubi.pdf
    • http://termosystem.pl/userfiles/file/minagikatuwinigabimaxokur.pdf
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/wosowarazoganumududo.pdf
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161529ad5d5e2d---sikatuli.pdf
    • http://shrlie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-20/20210920160335488131.pdf
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/lopalemegagisozufez.pdf
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents/files/26434298637.pdf
    • https://smobiil.eu/userfiles/files/waxositefotupalovugemagak.pdf
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/7300684276.pdf
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/pitifose.pdf
    • http://chieusangducphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/zepozipulufonutujot.pdf
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/66557359612.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=directing+feature+films+pdf
    • 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_off00024021.bin
e11cce49419970c6126236d7b3fbbea1a7c99a6577e49b82a3c965e0b6532252
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24021 10944 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0002594d.bin
cf639d7ab73f4a5a4d6547fa67185aef5b8d94294afd2968cc5580a9cb440148
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2594D 24468 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0002974b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2974B 16792 bytes