Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9be04468ec28e934…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-07-17 13:34:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 15be2e742e09b25d61d3fa5ac32a603e SHA-1: 15fa7b6b13975ab6432a88ce38fe8eae4c554980 SHA-256: 9be04468ec28e934465dc5d8e2bcf6304da64bb874c743de685079382d498242
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of algorithmically generated URLs further supports a malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and URL patterns are indicative of a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://ck-tct.ru/userfiles/file/rekubaxozupototo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/31485982259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/015v246at690e6oopb8e2vk31m/vorabakenepojageviguzevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3d6035713c---34359146502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pek2ereot0qj3oue10gq71fdmo/guvorelugulukisunovak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806edbb0a4b---badojanalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0fcf4m7u075dk2jovjfka6hl5/bavofulujumopututanevodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/92789577998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609499e33e5dc---51404690901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/sebifareforodetoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6428c4d69bd0cfb6166075e27ee87742/zovex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/48305548679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4fa6e5461---49731479981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/posuwumamotudovotefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a586536c8569af818e076585d7a20fde/7519269259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90791566491b69ef2a0129050cbdbb10/97716270441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0551d5c580a5790c95b616ab0516012b/zesijevomajawefamonigalak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0l4pnd07su5c1q5vi11625tu9s/63473719629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/goxamudonusajiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexigibet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ff18bc964---xizekali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac11a281736---fozitulevufunab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46c65605076d7fce19c0078e8e6df2f2/35402909970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7da2caea3---92032714064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutergroup.de/userfiles/file/mupakomalamifiwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+cancel+friend+request+in+instagramPDF 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_off0000bc5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC5C 16576 bytes
SHA-256: 465bdd5fde97ccc46a88348c8cf7c2fa1891cffde4d964b312c00a41eac18225
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7A4 11144 bytes
SHA-256: e7fa40867952bcc76933645e7118addbb4c0a686f3abc22693e4799d1912d0b9
font_02_sfnt_off0001012c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1012C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1