Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56725add446e6355…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 13:43:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e04682871cb266e574aace1de4c2d85e SHA-1: 39dcec8f64e4f698e59602fa1a8c640260a1b147 SHA-256: 56725add446e6355991c66594278d46c1144114eb61fc223d73ab3ae2a56d5cf
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the structure suggests a link farm designed to distribute traffic to potentially malicious sites. The presence of multiple PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/koner.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0b6cc86c7f---30450412624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/userfiles/file/40736263698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff6f23cb89---27352881357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66d23c0529---gobebusikofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbuhn130skad3joapnhvushfsg/pamaluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cc3304389---wuxiweregi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t60jqfn5php79udhiq2spmurpa/59913599553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca95fe7a69827d102d696e70d1568699/75508654845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/88401774408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/tulogafeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmvnum2qb35nvljr0ahv2t3l83/99414313542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/9978620707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/kofawikiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893c0e797bf---zugikozob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071110da9b3e---39812375273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/lovuwizulalidomepabogeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/43587976525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forumts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/botolijopizorudovelazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3486e63804312df87ed20a6046ef26c2/nuduziliteduvumugobotibug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/70243456360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btc-ltd.com/upload/file/64123821283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a01100cf6420e54d1e03de525b1cc123/48834733799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/99661968979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a17f7v7ur90mo9n39coel48mke/bobuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=spirit+of+discoveryPDF 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_off00010670.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10670 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 373042eb8386d5b16fd924ad95b2150cc96e904928d0aa343ff2cc2ba938547f
font_01_sfnt_off00011ea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA0 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 2b24e3ab5674af6c736d1c2b452350ad9fef7d385f726ef73be95800766f3bc9
font_02_sfnt_off00014c32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1