Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b6364a64949be67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-25 01:01:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 72743b5f62846c76df9e1f27b2387d16 SHA-1: b960056bcc3d32cb72f04e408e7b994145899fb7 SHA-256: 7b6364a64949be677556ea62729fa49080a6c6a289cb5bfb3b002ba9955ef361
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to algorithmically generated URLs and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to host malware. The presence of a 'Security Bypass' heuristic instructing the user to disable antivirus is a strong indicator of malicious activity. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and URL patterns point towards a downloader or exploit delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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.
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e37ba442b52f2b518095d87916196e66/18943557965.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jonkmp.nl/img/cms/file/61032026892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844d25f2e08---zofojaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079887930d0b---90026725907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/sotunojanikifixuwemapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747fee36741---xabepolamolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medrea.ru/upload/files/monufugadifujisijorufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/91221732593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/ruwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793b05c5093---gokinujawavunivunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39379127403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungtdc.com/upload/files/91372610415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/24728057381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3929a3c3b---35268786386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k2fu50e307snugqm1t70vce11/xugevosad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioichuyendong.info/app/webroot/upload/files/7695877196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/62780078204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33f412a730---revazazir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a02fa03a3---77670908389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/4959637419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99ebb2e9dcb3c010c79bdde91965b250/57918729709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/38993503005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcd9a2ec2f---ferekogixuletodimovazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/22486770121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/76594654771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+android+7.0+nougatPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001077b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1077B 10680 bytes
SHA-256: cab3e6126b2b4ad87c3b9c5740cb787050c648e22ab7b5860bc3e273acb84ef0
font_01_sfnt_off00011fc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D7 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 751de7d80f4ae0ae13784ff832bcff91a3e541334ad80f025f0b02ae9889c89b
font_03_sfnt_off0001671b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1671B 2584 bytes
SHA-256: 37ffa5a53f365254ee52d7e1f33a0b072f2645e0f05ac7ffba700a12bf877d35