Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8210e2d6163f650a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 22:02:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 2fa51bbdd9de78a4898b27a418e8e3a2 SHA-1: ce70a757cc4cc22a5ba87bb039ba316e004224a2 SHA-256: 8210e2d6163f650a206af6323f65bdcf9ddf7207de1255afc91d7d995fd3ec46
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and numerous external links suggest an intent to redirect users to potentially malicious or SEO-manipulated content, possibly as a lure for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://dreamcatcherltd.com/userfiles/file/xarilugetuzeluvudasug.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2efd23e06d---wexafalevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brno-skoleniridicu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56078054728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b3e4ae2ae---xefikixima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fae311a742---53619463072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/78797750569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803c28e14ae---22975053250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8b6775d7b6e1e32d2cbadd6ed22bdef/74232947899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd42b26a31b8fa3b4200ace2be3725b/86374289535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc64a20f21---30435366847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da8a7c86ce---vasixexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090651cb6e9f---sefofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/24048285519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97bba2634993b6b1c0b065d01d6657a3/tajagekuzebulule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f52f1834fa---madinutem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1qi8mrhhsts0llpk3mi9i068m6/30425808991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/ravutipevoxomulowewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/reworumopiwepemivotomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97afeacaeb7ca5f039c596795f8d4bee/67372331580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h9i7rbiul3uplnqqi2j2i1un05/63912252881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c72f7d47238---woneluxowuwere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097dfd40a9d7---dafuwilopiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b71ec087240---wabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31d1c406227fe1709682054b415545d0/38250611363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvaidq86460o1iarfqar1dcpud/dijimevugijivurisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+mosquitoes+in+hawaiiPDF 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_off0000f910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF910 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 76b4003cc0a85504ec9a44fce19fbbc0b7a0fd5a9bafbb55811bd81edb2c0fb6
font_01_sfnt_off0001122a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1122A 16424 bytes
SHA-256: 80a7f6eaa53006f7c75070cc70d1fc3ac049d3ceb61d87fcc0dc77947bebfb78
font_02_sfnt_off00013cc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1