Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e9c242fc999ee4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 01:03:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a8b14c3f6ebca9f4c2aaba91252cd704 SHA-1: c8aa25cf7ef9e51aa21e99a3aff234f4ca4ea429 SHA-256: 4e9c242fc999ee4da30bc47f06849c3a83bab5911897378890627fe0132ab2d8
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the embedded links suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://dharmapremipariwar.org/userfiles/file/14367090453.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2a617f2tsft29t1n2f21rsa2b/33615730730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5666f50b1e---58099543075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werkkledingverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/24724208247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opndiulev70udk98ir4cq95mg3/51532943268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkyoukais.com/Images/Media/files/61805953243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/49460843779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/juropulojaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30bf703fcb98eb06aeebfc23b4437a3d/60258433703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/id1noahta6pea9ucnlqpf6i807/80480190334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/46883233779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/76362517564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/liwigavuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bollywoodsalonskokie.com/admin/images/file/fawokopepafumejunix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096597fd3e5a---bojukoseguxikivujimuwenam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kokavorevosatezil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85b5be58fc9fff25ede6875208627087/zelolozumafoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608416aa6a97d---musutetakoxufufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849fa9b5716---12090485280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4c8656823---89615731614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/43324421563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e24iek223lvv6a5gqqg81d5fu7/lijefulalimanimojimawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotofidelity.cz/userfiles/file/gofenepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/69851121072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=best+answer+for+tell+me+about+yourself+for+fresh+graduatePDF 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_off000137fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137FB 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 74b53a7b72d7faa359a4402cbc1ed6bb7dbc6b2b748bd58753fd961509ef7fae
font_01_sfnt_off000151fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016a0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A0C 18908 bytes
SHA-256: 0eb2bad2b1dd5786177cf407f43d99b79993d90fe193f0e0d0c4e94bccabbc8e