Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d3247623c7fc745…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-22 23:13:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4ab629cb08e7a0d5994386a38d93c477 SHA-1: aabd9ed6392ad68d00a3811e448ec2199701709c SHA-256: 9d3247623c7fc7456b162219aa8d9a85e52a5acf5e4966d18f642aa07b178367
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic further supports the attack pattern of distributing malicious URLs. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=effing+worms+2+unblocked PDF link annotation
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/39594434207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3272b717222d2423d102f342a352632b/bofugeruriwina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l770gencgpeb7f7pb3m5ah7kho/67782648979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maritime-models.com/userfiles/file/remuwevumejumusaderesib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jolakazejinegalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/55248482706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/19745261968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/42162239276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orsam.org.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/xiwebinemup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclub.org/projects/achievemore/admin/upload/fckImages/file/59781258954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136878b9f10d---momokeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/36420725279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/94260219204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sua.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/muxivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomaglio.it/userfiles/files/11362368551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/58534424740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.org/contents/files/5512476203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f51f428eba---68546243055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/gorulixizagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petandpuppies.com/userfiles/file/46943601664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kechengchem.com/upload/files/kesonamaluxufef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klubkanine.com/home/klub/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77615283402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wspaperbag.com/userfiles/file/16759171759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/28073303586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.com/editor_files/file/bowoneveguwejezifoges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b86b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB86B 15976 bytes
SHA-256: e6ff1a9989bd5b2cea5d2096e86e20601d352a03955fe602efe7d6af5ecc54d6
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D7 11080 bytes
SHA-256: ef70721c39c0ab4529e88c0b3ff295df9807cb33d31e01c9974f85a888e888bc