Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 539662908a1aab30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:48:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8531dcd7dd306849d62371839fdcb40b SHA-1: 843d69a2e0a4791e13ac1e3d3ffe0fe7fe6ba97a SHA-256: 539662908a1aab30359483b53515dd6378f8c1f5bd49d6a7fa05a2445b723ebb
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and algorithmically generated URLs, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The primary function appears to be acting as a lure to external malicious resources, likely for further exploitation or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5db4uto64b0p9c4ggm0imvmi05/43080730834.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/zelikowebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/57231540625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba461ec236---68263735967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c689e632b4---66995464149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/difamukorezuwapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a63da95b4b---rixon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e15248d8125---fatakakot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/97096231603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/binojoliwesisesenew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ta-taiwan.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/89531715776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/kesekasitolab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9ct1jdh82i6mitpblopumh9v2/65910460192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22fb8a50df---botuwobinuzoril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/569f89c96d4ec8a301abcd0518485493/39135273694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///derar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04d9e7c04f39252e50a0b343bfba2d0d/92130154918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd44bf3edf---66398606985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac94775adfb---48406756187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satybharat.com/ci/userfiles/files/50786130261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/35801625822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608129c92ba29---kobepomex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/mupuwabetesixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=cara+cold+brew+manualPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/gubomijexuxotasan.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_off0000e0c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8DD 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 44556f212b48d8e5202b95e7a2530d589f012f4ee414b21de2e46e19e35ddb9e
font_02_sfnt_off000110de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110DE 18344 bytes
SHA-256: 595d8599eb1c6caa11f25362d8bcb0a3c96d591e37ddbd5d82046bf1f4ca47cf