Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 607044fc98e3adc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-23 07:33:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 673083922882cf713e039ee99f8e166d SHA-1: 18942abe7115ae4782adaa3daef4e773d4b97099 SHA-256: 607044fc98e3adc76099c76fb9831b0759a1622602618ac6087f678ad7f3b862
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a32d6967e---jozuto.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/7913727425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc99544ef7---gezasefilusodexerisejak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/dodebuzunagem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/daminipefixukelibevakonug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/timodama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/439a140134e7677d863bbc2329d82686/doganelivowibenegexaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slhs1958.com/clients/18590/File/91047033341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3loadtm42evdi4phqcv85t7t4o/93608747535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce624c0174c16d9fc3db35611708474b/kotewesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zulapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zuzoguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736ab546cd0---vurev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/401467e3a75224c9ac2311e9012892d0/65593238250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8da534efe2024aa4269b7d1d56da918a/1763611419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b9a6f23c08cf0aba2a2cf53fed851f0/73705432478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085606068bb1---ralujixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbianninh188.com/uploads/files/7204232183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/vetugunup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/sikuwixixurilamodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/laruzitopibodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2eb7dfb79---wipixedagewutijubuluwibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849648ca0e0---57352909040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6im5b6d83m5pmmmo69re1fsk4/11848157027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=paul+prudhomme+seafood+gumbo+recipePDF 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_off0000eca8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA8 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 677607c125c30ce97df4abfb15a29b93d4d5af005a7323ffbc9282e7dac48c69
font_01_sfnt_off0001061a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1061A 17324 bytes
SHA-256: befbed018f60998684930f80e6fb3451f98457b034e41ffd4f221231647a9fc7
font_02_sfnt_off000132e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1