Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73c84cf1eb5995df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 17:32:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: d68f8c108029abe98da44bf29643831b SHA-1: 7e6ed3629a687f2fb9dfaa9f3ba43a48afdd5590 SHA-256: 73c84cf1eb5995df6625f7c46ae0f4bc8020b94ad9ebe81f32f7750c74248bd9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the PDF structure itself is designed to host numerous external URLs. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be directing users to malicious external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://sunnyrosesschool.com/userfiles/file/75637496321.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smoddeuqcl07ep1rm5ul3rf861/riveselexofiliduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corse.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82444256159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icf-plant.com/files/file/begezumivazej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wroclaw-effatha.pl/grafiki/file/11387113682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okgwa.net/50/files1/file/99852994690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linker-apps.com/files/damezuxikobilaxule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7a2872780---70124846370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonlaval.com/userfiles/files/lapopofogarog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///13560804437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismopontevedra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefesoweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vargyasnekonyveles.hu/kepek/other/file/mozunejupajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f82508179a---pibelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihappywash.com/uploads/files/202109090646444159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawauang.com/contents/files/mudujawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpconsulting.us/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vanegodomonorijigimiwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b765283664dc5284ff4dd37940cc6c/26716014196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhigienia.hu/editor_up/82571045532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdblue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/renesevitenijizikele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystaltrade.hu/data/file/tibakobirejinaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/21911089285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theseadiaries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozudugobinuwumupat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsushibrea.com/uploads/files/15248025483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=control+pc+using+phonePDF 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_off0000dc53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC53 10624 bytes
SHA-256: f2571b5944128ced86168dbfa80dc5dd414a97bce25c82e3672e9647c476c36a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f493.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF493 18712 bytes
SHA-256: fd9247d49f70299c35171a012658f455df80b2828318a3bfc3cead7e3fae2032
font_02_sfnt_off00012520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12520 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1