Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d02e2c5ccef75c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

143.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 13:00:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: a6e35ee9008edf3f17b74691cabf3b74 SHA-1: c0f3d0bf4250ab9f8d8e7ef13f6024530f3df10c SHA-256: 5d02e2c5ccef75c7068cfdae07c53514e44ea374ca9719aff25432a8b83ec715
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the link farm structure suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of direct execution capabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7f05d7ab2---31487720590.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982bf15eda0---munozugefopezazikov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/vugasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/98705374414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c8454ca3e---gusalurel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768701844f4---punugerekejulonivilugura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51njmh5fcqaiarb5qds2nu0k93/76983803514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c196643c7c---35923103403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2fa3b378c---55478295437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c681c7f18be---napunepipid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/868e966e4ffcff63d33c928ab625bd48/57647570293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kekugewizowozolawofurikaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c937c15ad68---47162456993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aed73f03a---wanubufadogidugigofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/gotutifupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce48c553d6d---19194030535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/foguko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3ss2fnge7acbs2f2ibpv49ja4/xekidopupuwifirebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0n5mo4u8qfsmtp4buv6129r3f/73767913924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3040ce269---jemameloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d45a31036a1---64699681636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/434b165a54e6ac4f778c9d83babb6496/gipamaxikitewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/76517486450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607426ae77244---46584689560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nftmrdghob3ifg6rfnu99513lu/bawosokibiwoburenitajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=first+ecumenical+council+of+niceaPDF 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_off0001c819.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C819 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 0a25ffac83e8b8e6d08404bfa4f1eb53fcc7828835ccd840b17fd50f106b5581
font_01_sfnt_off0001e03d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E03D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001f84f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F84F 21520 bytes
SHA-256: 37bff886f875b7d362dd50ed0ea57d7a851f0bf29aa6d85aad096ad60f9c48a6