Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b4f76e285234af1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:33:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a94c70bf2668ad0c1553fae5b2fb70b6 SHA-1: e7bff74879a105db00631bb0e0a15389a2bb0386 SHA-256: 9b4f76e285234af151cd04259212ab2e44faa9942de25409740d22adff25499d
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, embedding numerous URLs that point to potentially compromised websites. The presence of algorithmically generated URLs and links to disposable hosting suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or direct users to malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://efcosmetic.com/uploadfile/files/risixebuduz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db29c50e436---vavijepasokedapebutitili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9570cc2817bb47d351c906bb998866b/73170148333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982bf71be10---42452802064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0407a98daf---66727066367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bfb5ef124---wopaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phuongdonggolf.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/rolisonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/47590566578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100b73460ee3---9099099612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/meladi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/3967760569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5dfcee162e---26078736537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608326351b665---koxujogexolarovekisowuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128a998753cf---14152155775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobre-akce.cz/media/files/file/87650394665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotutalodulanezifatonikif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p06atb8ohdm4bpm9p5950qoa77/37461306099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47235d8bea---23642399067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70636379580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5406d9fcf1869bdc4a7b107090d62bd8/74083294527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qnzar.com/files/41832781305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f5d79a7834583916cab9d01072a86c8/nobazinedujukebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/16486512880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amzentransportationindustries.com/admin/imagetemp1/file/wefemowusalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6b845d454---45498787751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=smoke+detector+notifier+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_off0000d15c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD15C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e96e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE96E 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 22eab0cefcb4ec1d408a4ce1dbeda83894922e14b0209455352e893e04098fb2
font_02_sfnt_off00011486.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11486 10572 bytes
SHA-256: d0a6c89ec8597ed2981b04c048ec9240365050b42c525015f087dc829b1cb202