Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a12246539dbadb70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-08 11:44:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d703e43e22a3145ee5cae3d26de80bcb SHA-1: 596a9b2e9411e329fb35fb36708d19fafab36f80 SHA-256: a12246539dbadb70723a3d1313ef891dff3de2d699026809ba259ee8e7db9979
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as link farms. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the heuristic firings suggest the document is designed to direct users to potentially harmful external sites. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 5

  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=deo+vindice+latin+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c713c7017341e5ec4881c90a45ddd15/97977256821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/21449829773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2a8027016317a4c9d568ae7038a4cbb/15225137771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/801kgfh1n1qq27r6523upj9q6v/pamufanexexebekuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/86718780054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/99879214725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/zefudotumogipepojixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a6e29d390c1c146413903e35b2f71b6/10307701303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8472113c779aa0952dddc7bbf260e2d3/makidawipajawonafowulojer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/10445038802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/588015f17290c04b7df73b7172232b95/92838356365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/rifelaxopixesagepurezuvol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dq36jlh9p7mencr06n7k66all/silubavefijanasemeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/53370186963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c62f384c9---jonevuroxusovamofawezenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/giroforejavixerorubelak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609145ae7a2c5---33254130676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d701c637244204905f0b36ef90cc31ef/bolebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfffde44f5---papudoterixerodomonubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/bejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cr4fnpc79qi674n1ep4689ud6/56484766787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b74d125ec---polojubojemutetamosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/kavologejodid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload//file/18313759205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drvishweshwari.in/userfiles/file/18019098242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210527222442265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/2566567950.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_off0000fe68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001167f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1167F 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 24de43403c9d9ed367a84ff2587d09a82c010801ed511f4bc8e2c562ff2d3eab
font_02_sfnt_off00012e2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E2B 19268 bytes
SHA-256: 5d859fb59d4e27b92515da85554ed231a9a34df2a8a1ae3aa8e58d413863500f