Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 981aea6ba00e7259…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:49:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7f079388e444dbd79c54d0f98302a132 SHA-1: d757acc22a22e4c22f820d605659155405cfa44c SHA-256: 981aea6ba00e725986c24105fd9b94a19c033a4278c56b9de86b7c3c6b1043ae
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73e78688cfaee291401ce86d09a9110f/guxulugo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tsbs9hc16kugr0hk1vk4u4u5ro/35520064448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021082500541547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e4c407d09ad97cbeb689a2b6f95f77a/3294676550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/pafuxenelekanamut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/mazamewolixidumenesiras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee20b01be66d61af0b409e01300aac4c/27902955888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/bujunukazedatewobegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/tozopatedozuvojuxavanizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e26c132f6---molukefenotomefokirobepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2943afdd7d68f4d1e0ca30a10ea54a95/xopizotazusogexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feauebh6an1n7d5hqseq6251p5/genotewuzojejovafevadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/50815572584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/vofeduzas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guilfordvikingsclassof81.com/clients/4/47/479b0a304b4cdce99dfe3eda73a59016/File/29850699154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajmason.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54922610758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5oumelfb9o8ijbpgsfp2j0rlcf/zubesabasimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/34851564127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123bdde36c77---71812058992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1athfov46319ulg562ci4c9um2/jumogopun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6e61bc62e---tamiwumazozokapovama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/mawibejirifukoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/lutipemonuzizexepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/kudagatudujunevopuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098434394b10---juposazijemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galaxy-training.com/userfiles/file/80903127617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koncnc.com/genelresimler/file/84349165580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=chsl+syllabus+pdfPDF 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_off0000ba1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA1D 10332 bytes
SHA-256: e0b7fe56b251031bdd1bebfef87cb87ac2f02eec7af00db5130034e9f5240131
font_01_sfnt_off0000d158.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD158 15168 bytes
SHA-256: d043c16f7dbd0c28e99e888ebb1fc117d29c3fa57ec322530bcb0443e94f7225
font_02_sfnt_off0000f79b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF79B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1