Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7221465f8679c16c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 03:07:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 219108b514bdc100643b5bc17f6eeac2 SHA-1: 1b7136d0863ba040ef65e64d275bde53cc54342f SHA-256: 7221465f8679c16cb61e47792be9c404beb3b616d41adb79592c4e96737da3cc
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier strongly suggests malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF used for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/41111526669.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdf0v1i6g2f29tgpv1ee34lub1/lazofuwane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131a16803868---57471237525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/palubilajujulenexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paykaaluminiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukerejawekisulixifim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakineshr.az/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvufejebasodoxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novsport.com/content/File/wamax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsctda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210909_051613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h1t-url12shio-turbo.com/contents/files/nipewelizonak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbrqfcjds5prsl8vhs8il5sq45/18248226857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tid.vn/upload/files/22664627356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/vugumeperit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smobiil.eu/userfiles/files/16876138868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/25375823284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darslaska.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxifedilazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salondebellezaanamariaromero.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bokepewadenavirav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicorn-furnitures.com/d/files/regazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.huntsvillepr.com/files/files/23379698157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoklej.pl/app/webroot/media/files/xemasivusumewuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///60586084772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/fujowokadinizadejuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613734a2f14e3---18078653863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/bedupejuguwitujiremula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tybistanbul.org/resimler/files/80584226800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+and+the+philosopher%27s+stone+read+pdfPDF 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_off0000dba3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA3 17648 bytes
SHA-256: ee2429a98bba7df1006a16377a7e7c12fe4842cbb96673af47e518a19c8e04ec
font_01_sfnt_off00010912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10912 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 179c611e595a635879bd8dd300e56c35ead84f903ebbc203a663dfd5b22d954f
font_02_sfnt_off000121ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1