Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a41ffb9ee09ddfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:37:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 037f33ada0e8fa888f855f259173f2e1 SHA-1: 3eda9c8a252bce7175af3b087c1435d6ca5effb2 SHA-256: 7a41ffb9ee09ddfec4f69550c0348be222b0533c1248bd9ec33840bab264ab9f
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm used for hosting malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely provides instructions for accessing a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway scanning. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bc329999bb061552fa6c0ca1eaa1a52/3462995489.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c14fec33e8---kikamepumabapejulojun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/50457368338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greer2001.com/clients/e/ea/ea56749d84c1a2d7db36d2c51c833a37/File/15989000207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfu1njd1vpql23koe1175ku782/tufakazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc-am.com.br/Selecao/ckfinder/files/gogapewukurobevamota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67s6ejscvsu1dqnimhgom598oo/98838261433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cea4d24b4399eadda36ac063d9c5c4e/85549137624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/dubaniwetazujorig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playfromhome.org/clients/4/49/49939bf6a151252ba1adfe53d1befa29/File/12387616795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m48nj1sbqufv2lns9l3eekbhr9/ketipabukidiwipituzelezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/tifumimitefebatibadabupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072100324bb2---63226119934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/guralipazusimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/vebiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6369e9fa0b---wilezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhs1978.com/clients/d/dd/dd8db5a278a7ad55a2ada34b8e38ebcc/File/96189483786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fabepofazakoxamulepemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/19344118938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67136504b7---ranar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1m1fk1vfei8ifsgf6aq9f8oge2/15374697048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/74933804238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+secure+a+pdf+file+with+a+passwordPDF 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_off00011179.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11179 10792 bytes
SHA-256: cbab3e1b5057719e007428983bfec775ad18436fa5746132c5f74175d49c772f
font_01_sfnt_off00012a79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001428b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1428B 18500 bytes
SHA-256: 7caa8ea7a031bbbdc379c83ed05434092a2b68338574de7c9892732f63cb292f