Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6348f8fad221ab5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-08-07 03:58:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a7a985b14c8c383f461c716c450fc5fc SHA-1: 17c7f90db05eff672e744dc65ed7775cbf7a7b34 SHA-256: 6348f8fad221ab5d35930e56fb0a2dd955aff23208d4fa5057a063f8ab5cb4f0
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external files hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for distributing malicious content. The presence of a download button lure further supports the intent to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://resortweeks.pro/userfiles/file/61929756285.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/983bc9qtjhb6otchi77725r2i4/18216439932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf5b3ca21ca---xedoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23816408691fc6c1429293e3d0ed5e0e/37592749304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/limaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607729cbdddd8---fajijisigezimapebeleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-brand.net/userfiles/files/54464541906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/9991941309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dba1e6327deb33341311994003a34c0e/ritinadurowubewugewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/99237312592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/32511323262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081971c1adc0---45402251315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/683a87f4753c5d9eeb380aabb1f87fd7/fumobibikedipixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16b06caf218b7e418d137eae5545f283/nuderofifupulobimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parejalecaros.com/adjunto/upload/fck/files/telixitid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb2ab84429---kuxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d16310ad36---sokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/vazenibanilelexonigenune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czapla-dachy.pl/public/images/fck/file/47105557505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090621c6900a---mexibujujoxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9j872u111c6qjnvf059mlrag5/wuzafowavujagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/muvujotozumepimoxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2b744638f---guzewemegaruwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=calvary+christian+school+dress+codePDF 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_off0000e54d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE54D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD5F 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 841c60e57b3ec6f8e36465c6e38d9f47e478899eba3fe4ed3a40b7f4d99dfa62
font_02_sfnt_off00012bc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BC6 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 97fac7817c58065bf38adb4f6462161ca1e9ceff21a8b53cec5dcd7413d2fead