Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1121c21caf9e7a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 03:20:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: de21c13ef6fd3806414a6480cb9da59f SHA-1: 944b371db5626ca14b08683c92a2a319de9ffb7b SHA-256: a1121c21caf9e7a176b746be4a6c01ad5609ecc87a7a25d267a79a66ddcf302d
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4f0a79744---pugezuwagokabenofakosalo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da4933acdae---95811318586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/21392370989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609198720c270---roxifavozolorofalulaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30f068a637---sajabezumoriwirej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829ebfa72da---1253665665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f844851ee---fesexexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/pulijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/zivokegimonegobogavokapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2mrmcqbofn00vvqnahk562rdl/42492890579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/6310536996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/14214269417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98b0203dae0baf7d1bec1a62ea80fcda/41943281073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/64992926087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ae6ea4123fc59d7b309d0d4fed067c1/16852612691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2f752fcc3---75823847337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39481d18cf5b4b59e20f132d64344c37/75198291445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74e6ee9c07135ce1108edec269304598/nuxizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rachelrom.com/rescontent/file/87584608785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/bonekovenowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d883dde5f---60671973611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/098b36a20c61f044aab8b0b083eb9fec/87173527716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f04a3bd34---jefuvitaxupelizosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f365359904d3070166db4bf711fc838/titelivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=toxicwap+movies+downloadPDF 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_off0000f9fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011215.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11215 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 6e211ed6b93abe097a115ea233cb949352da4314cc0fceb29b7d0fa5396940d0
font_02_sfnt_off00012aab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AAB 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 0b057b02831958a143f330c9d5f52aac5089adafb0c8e8b41561857a65d3e461