Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92c2882e1d16c52b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:47:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: be610f14fbea7dd64f4077cff1730abb SHA-1: de2e49b5eda3c363cabb45adc05b51ae1b3b4b38 SHA-256: 92c2882e1d16c52bed520f49981806d601127fafae5a13d37f67c1eb7a6bb28b
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of multiple links to potentially malicious or compromised sites supports this assessment. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to external content.

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wiki+miners+haven
    • http://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/7044611747.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986bd8cb988---12121804313.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785782c0634---92822417793.pdf
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/gikovetekanubivefurirediv.pdf
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/76594657517.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac270cad2a---petuzanosoripifuluxetedi.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f08c77f5e---58059917999.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49cff0e3b9---37227631684.pdf
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723fdc56bf3---sufixuzeva.pdf
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/63118807466.pdf
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4748b16dc---54365702447.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074269249eee---pivefejipegawulozojodorur.pdf
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2219962475510a449338d25a7e3eb4d4/vudisafoku.pdf
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/tewadupukumip.pdf
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b212b2d659---1869253729.pdf
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/62939975023.pdf
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e02040c0eade6eea6f9afae3dee956a8/33059096607.pdf
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfe187cbb5---39086847419.pdf
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/gufosuzixuzotiz.pdf
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fe7311fa06a487e66053fc4a4109c20/betisepulaki.pdf
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/gagazutivididagewunod.pdf
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i23j9geocm1ag55penh82g37ha/ruzetuxodigoguwugejoze.pdf
    • http://piotrkowska77.pl/zdjeciafile/32318907455.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/235f1997cd83b0e3afb6940a5f3d8a1b/lajasakurumolilezimifov.pdf
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/55273885807.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f436.bin
3168940027cf78ef98193f6124364f9bbedf80dd7bfcab16533d2682ed288cdb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF436 10260 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b02.bin
6384853b90e4fd58c53f2e3b0806b24c2e6d39d96a7955b202b819ed47e72347
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B02 17868 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000139fe.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139FE 16792 bytes