Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c9e5b1f49406cbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:24:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3657d6affbb7767fbfece4b4d22b2467 SHA-1: d76b6850dcf75e615988c2db3b2b4336fbebc305 SHA-256: 9c9e5b1f49406cbf29f552c3b33a234ea2d6a3c544bfe76111a6911aa0f69ed9
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier strongly identified this PDF as malicious, and the heuristic findings indicate it's designed to direct users to external, potentially compromised, resources. The document body is unreadable binary data, suggesting it's not intended for direct user interaction but rather as a container for these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/kipawojirurowegux.pdf
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a61b5e245b---92494353347.pdf
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/majosi.pdf
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hu7b920sqdoj7q0o5oa4445sfi/63553552667.pdf
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24rv1mbpsj5bkck5r063ov1al5/sefotudevaxumekixeno.pdf
    • https://laurallo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejixoj.pdf
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f8d554459---79220090169.pdf
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd69e2a4f48---36004741473.pdf
    • http://myrbacken.se/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befunipegekow.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b26036c2f---16733811992.pdf
    • https://inprovitcaribe.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89267213637.pdf
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074578155abc---32207710213.pdf
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/lisetorezuvijikop.pdf
    • http://tupnate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuzabax.pdf
    • https://hoongnau.com/upload/files/piwonurajiwab.pdf
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljh2prk20rjrddvu4jf1v43tt9/32884616245.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711d006aa14---8730721867.pdf
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5c8654989---71517091857.pdf
    • http://labotinnghia.com/img/files/35386262919.pdf
    • http://premiercontractinginc.com/files/file/11692965206.pdf
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/6234420570.pdf
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/wafoxigirul.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+long+does+it+take+to+hear+back+from+a+background+check
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4fe70c90fa---10929419613.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_off0000f456.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF456 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c68.bin
130e87673461a456bcea5c27eff05c8a8c79638c171635f2ed6b9471f9a7b895
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C68 18440 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013b7c.bin
0831fbf4c977c29472928f5f2bf0bbfe7bfb348943d5793c4bd74d07b3809556
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B7C 11332 bytes