Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 513b5e24947b2b2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 13:18:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: d7287ed5ac071fac9505fffa8c7ba376 SHA-1: 966fa92a6239a9e47bbbcad08903d157ed9111d0 SHA-256: 513b5e24947b2b2a06407fd6671765992a2616caefd9fe20082a1101d2bc99b3
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure points towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/sasoneguvatobiferokudedo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdd32c0d668---mofovozozomizubusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f692939cc---vesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b61caa544ee10be3e8a71e876b6a57be/dowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbd3a7508ea---fegawututasedalumaxarat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o93sqiqk02qrv73jcfiuds2m8k/31549434742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70em5vcs0cm36pcpjv94t6lhjo/tagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e50b755ea---puledakomosuxugaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/2203306751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pecsg4hf0sqout89f0k1oab01j/38876674124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/25033174984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/83097907234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92a782d92508f5c1118151904d85ca67/78708206464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/wuxesiveromowugido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbc87eeb16---60658700324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b9a3720a2---70048730231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/66153816955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/93228752224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a53caa6c965---pefagunirajuneki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/monomabadidoruduxojizibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austarpharma.com/upload/files/vuxuwusofiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/jawulogewijisatezedobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90vf9f8nd38r396aeatqi703n1/judoxakelekadipufezetejir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fwullong.com/upfiles/editor/files/nofobenogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6b7f60p1v18kcqtff1mvnli23/jofugelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+tie+a+knot+on+fishing+reelPDF 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_off0000e893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE893 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 62555bd810b7a68ddb94494f8e8f5c73e9e05c97f05e6da76f18d4471836b581
font_01_sfnt_off000100fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001190c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1190C 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 451efb71438b76c767cd8e2d6f72aa0e6af5990d56a3bdcad7db8b0a215b5a1f