Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66720bdacd42a217…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-07-22 21:42:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0b4d6460718485f77a3ea9104a23a627 SHA-1: 6ec186ff068050d1185071ec47c7f478c04980e9 SHA-256: 66720bdacd42a217107ab81d8c1300e66dce48b8f08b1021205efb2b1ce5164f
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of algorithmically generated URLs further supports a malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack pattern is the distribution of malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9931

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://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/62924235760.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/dotokekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucibcpb0vu3blq4eus9e26orp3/piwanepupolajinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f872c3a01a360173cf1eab96c2e8500/rojari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/30789161390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5fede943e---20165167094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f65ae0ee2aec2e9da9f2303f87873a3/10339162170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs75.com/clients/46937/File/2517513142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8pr6odhn2orjgaj1f2tbrkfm2/35552819827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5j9spkhjhue8ebsmfasajkvr5/83831611073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuzativuladowomal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/60095780701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07cae5b7a2---divimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef13548beb---kujamiwajilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mav-auto.ru/images/file/milaxanabafonikokeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/rutamax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/20906707188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://85097781.com/upload/files/zuvenunugopukubudobin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f091de54e---62799922959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawks79.com/clients/85064/File/68558669272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd407e21d491e890d083a033e8480b75/xapibatafatemizarumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d75fc0c97ce73ca802d1c73de2dbb06c/mazufarijage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/sesewoximamebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28991012bc---79784828733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupukinufupezagupudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b116f91e8f---beriputide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/94374862279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=time+lapse+videoPDF 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_off000121c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C7 18584 bytes
SHA-256: 851b65ed89a9dad775089f805b042a887842a4cfa2e5be909bfa1c52a65b4c80
font_01_sfnt_off00015224.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15224 10280 bytes
SHA-256: f433937ac5c771b18e0c2c0857026b4da6d63a51e5e8fbf1242e321b98a84409
font_02_sfnt_off00016948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16948 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1