Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a11858fc0ff33dfa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-04 18:06:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 75d7a1034752f50f555c097bad66fd26 SHA-1: 4fffc653294877e2fef19c0707f0ad09f956aaa4 SHA-256: a11858fc0ff33dfaab1dfae44825867bc2bd45f2c3c646c854bb2f8316a941ca
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by an ML classifier as malicious with high confidence. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure of downloading files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/24309784567.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990877ab3f0---refevefipazijone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/towurux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/45300601487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/68086459689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c714958f7d6---rizugunifuginidulume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/gefonarifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacongtrinh.vn/upload/files/97634317553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0qkbn9n76rtf01hvvbiagkj90/35197538128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946efc9ee79---setobaporomugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f8fa5c1b2---gojorubebifazem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a7816e263c---rilinakufipiwivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c4cb87f0d---55591260560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kustari.net/userfiles/file/59540107341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cbb3851b5---47615995931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsutiengtrung.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/32649838261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/at7g60en7pbloc63uajm8vovi5/90831905186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe8f2952149---forirutokofuzebirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lg1pddg29l2cnh0h3u0uqaq36g/varadodavifajigafuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d76cda16efbe04eaf7acb9595ce0d3c3/84031768164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083052ebdc77---bedozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a138d504a90f821393bfcb86abdfd439/liwanavimufawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebottombillion.org/business_school/uploads/file/newakejepafegijirobav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606db9efc6bd2---16330792930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=patiala+house+full+movie+download+mp4PDF 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_off0000ecba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECBA 17540 bytes
SHA-256: 667402e6a98de4f93858d49158666483f82aeb14cdbd6711060d1dd2adf572d5
font_01_sfnt_off00011aab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAB 10996 bytes
SHA-256: d8b6a4f937d1b3731de99f3fb448a084d464df971be278d766cfbeeb5c3a86da
font_02_sfnt_off00013424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13424 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1