Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f39ff5570afd098…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:59:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f92a4f6e4aeda657681287ef8275c912 SHA-1: 99bcfa3701bfa53f9e944cf8374a7549592c7ced SHA-256: 4f39ff5570afd098818cc612390e2ff7b59fc7879bb121bdafb0a9a486f084df
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contains numerous embedded URLs. Several heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=addition+and+subtraction+number+bonds+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607490f71872d---22996394417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--knstlerische-biografie-arbeit-lbd.ch/userfiles/files/butoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zevkotodoseme.com/upload/ckfinder/files/41708495459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelarombiarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/zameguredakobukimodubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/vatovotefatipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilbertthomasreunion.com/clients/5/5f/5f56fe696be94dde62972871c8a9bc28/File/gifajema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/69720854733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d4abddc81b---15213700484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stembridgefamilyreunion.com/clients/0/0d/0db03be1a97f3028174cafb645c8c91f/File/3295962606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04427a20ba6cca9560972aa6914c7131/57386503822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/dukigegigoderuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afacef68698---93399127651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/87737365028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/29114456463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proclima-membranes.ru/userfiles/file/madozavupil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b20efa44522---jeromatevuwolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ab95860ac---ropevamugoxigasezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drwatsonsr.com/clients/2/2b/2b9a0cf27321ceab3a47fbd10bf94d34/File/29861996215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a36c91c597c6017d568c99f082e7444/42756025131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicoral.com/img/userfiles/files/pewodazorozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/nunofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/32347361171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/juzozukekibetiwakadukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f44fde10c3---godimaribizanuteno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608244b43324c---69827925398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadrarad.ro/userfiles/file/90966836330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c759.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC759 17096 bytes
SHA-256: b17e03107b75e28b3ad36fd50983fbc590e60b42c8cf08b1c66df5ee420eb1d7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010af5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF5 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 9c0603f0d317ee4bacc7078e16d01ab3105c8bd95de58d0a34308818e7e7d3d7