Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8603a001101f3d8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:50:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ccf139ee8167eb040d601735280c7a95 SHA-1: 95a9e997bded6a14765e22886aa0c5d6e9cf8d37 SHA-256: 8603a001101f3d8c0ece68feb991c6c4c73391cf047cee6d0f92589ef80935e4
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of algorithmically generated URLs further supports this. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing a more detailed analysis of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=psychological+capital+journal+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/6845724847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/34724849617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9rqfj0c5vjvbvj8o61c9lc40e/zutofulajelezumapikusefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b0d23560e---11016957417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prefinancovaniehypoteky.sk/res/file/17648423967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/fesidulifofoxupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a6b1bf163---fozadilubigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d745315a3f---81321878825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bj0m7276g7u8pcg10l8si8rni0/bodagojekurujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a67ddda16b8---29668317380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/20143430545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088efd6a809f---satigepemepukobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110ed3be8d84---55113828136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cf4180a1af173cd0d5d1b7cfa694d31/mosafopopujomokigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb3b5560bc---xumegujoxezefudukafelopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db746f35d1e4ffda3a454e9155417ccf/23678186990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62uvvvhjgidjolnc5hhrvo13vr/komamofekog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yomadesign.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/62026898759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rl0iqf50ks3h2vlms3j36san6/tadaxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaiger.ru/img/file/10433551843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/kugulapezereburefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoxinlaw.com/userfiles/file/20210828000034_294709287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/nakipuwovuxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0a5f54d9b---74855372273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herningbadintra.dk/app/webroot/upload/files/20033667109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c88c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC88C 16952 bytes
SHA-256: 1a813e5561fbfc4e1a3f60ea1abf513382ec75465daa38014f06410cc6b5a752
font_01_sfnt_off0000f417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF417 11112 bytes
SHA-256: c53cf8334273116fa9591960c928a203b7fa4d914ce30e7e358f97e4f24c9ab4
font_02_sfnt_off00010dc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1