Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 800c73277b020ea0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 06:12:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2fba5649f3d7fa51ce44faca841b0af5 SHA-1: 26895d4bc8cdeb31109a0a84c98d2ecab775f499 SHA-256: 800c73277b020ea023780bd7ce3ee164c3ba04bdc1bf78f8292fb7fcd0efee33
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading files. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of numerous links on potentially compromised CMS uploads reinforces this. No scripts were extracted, limiting the ability to determine the exact payload or execution method.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://robert-zauer.cz/userfiles/file/poralejuzo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/40346636752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://31kouqiang.com/userfiles/file/1623598177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaf94cc03ae6d6059f0482a9210b3f7d/57984802051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b81fbd42bae---93874454316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af980797878---xofowisoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/tademogeginune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cca6611869---wiwifabijexuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a165dd4b72cafb9de30463976550d6e3/tulovazigivuxirusalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkbaqjp9ki4npal43rqvb9r697/54885628267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/984a573f1b4ba8bb933528e8a0d80881/78191143473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4ac059f17---kodamunuwidonaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1c1ea314f411516129dfcc8ca11fe1a/46963756476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/id27pl2366dcejitm568gr5757/30027026019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladue62.com/clients/2/2d/2d0487a90c18d3a1b3df44839405a665/File/togiwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7ac7da519---78926411834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/zafebizir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/61562526881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/10556854380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4500ae6b8e4e6b59885c7722e556fd23/xaduvadolevonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607927911e4ac---botezumixupotojabikus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc2npu6h5399sfmtkjg8g7ck0j/dalivuwawijipibojijidare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f30445e5cc---23384968402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/nojigipizulifeloxujiluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210519091758916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=jee+main+2020+september+official+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000e543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE543 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 9c200f1fd276fc3f88694857083df0f53369e944d8fc8ab410000790bdf371ff
font_01_sfnt_off000113f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F0 11308 bytes
SHA-256: f5091c3100676bbdc69b8cbfe982325951f21159a8fb807c0c20b264c3a46e08
font_02_sfnt_off00012e6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1