Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dc2fc95455b84f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-08-28 04:56:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a53165876cfa607063e3ce7e36256cd5 SHA-1: f1951a2e5ef925c9c4b2d97c30b1e885845a0885 SHA-256: 5dc2fc95455b84f2b6440f407c1169c1046cc9a287ba0f89f0fcd074627f7c95
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' specifically flags a link to 'http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a177df88f58---27323769167.pdf', suggesting an attempt to host or redirect to malware. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=warm+vs+cold+water+laundry
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3cd6b5f307---80635594391.pdf
    • http://www.dkmodels.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11173702064.pdf
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/53799919091.pdf
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/264dafeafe7c0bea543def956a90e0b7/wiradikev.pdf
    • https://www.champagne-auge-dascier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89189842078.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86a9ca0e8fc49020e1774e9ecc170309/31194933462.pdf
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/mujin.pdf
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/91008690720.pdf
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/498531eabd6f48878de473ccae1e6fd5/wogikenure.pdf
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65ab7ee92d2c2afddaceadc42774e1e6/mifinel.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114953a45d21---10023531483.pdf
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc258f176b---kexudufavarulefurewer.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813b071b038---48093760144.pdf
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/tozopumotimujesagegif.pdf
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/disolebu.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3e93ebfc7e6b6abeffd42a299138921/55488994908.pdf
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufarovu.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ee69b5b02---bokunivudifinewo.pdf
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/40632424641.pdf
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16249291443097.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a177df88f58---27323769167.pdf
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/vewosojega.pdf
    • http://kaushalacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29376390650.pdf
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd48f017daadfa8f100c388d0779152/xokafazomimim.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c6fc.bin
3d859d898cf349b347b747d3c70848e1fb38a50865757680d2cd2cdaf68883e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6FC 10800 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dffd.bin
865ff04b721726c6ae8e79131514462f91ea2ec117539204fc8c07af90685afe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFFD 17340 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010c6d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C6D 16792 bytes