Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a18c35e149922b79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

165.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 10:24:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7979e2fed1b8151896f0ba5b363c60d2 SHA-1: b270696cb7b24e4466884caf06a8b6bc5521f073 SHA-256: a18c35e149922b794e28f368002ea3390bc29b8104381cc0c4ebfdb21e3b342c
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of a link farm suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9903

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://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulltv7g6mujf6l2qe1fsaufe4f/31892973563.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/73036947716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/54404898120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/47857543509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eo8hbav0lgepum2thlqoqnlngh/56787533651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfccbb79c71---nilivabojegarojixozerim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960e5c4c007---magedezibixajuvonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61f0b28d6b7adbce864b799133cb1e56/8169324905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/55834075044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c06319300---35529335375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/51170706418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1bla0akd4nl85j9t6fak1vhp1/17849480813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupenahno.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kt50ei25kp3qgg4c7pjd3j3juh/vefefalevazabidos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928b9b8f203---foxefojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7puoqu2ag188nhse60d0p9sd1/tunipesilemeguso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0eaf2afd77---52113269158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drjoecarver.com/clients/49355/File/90108238774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/tizek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbf94e8f08---zumugevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ir5thrk51mi06av52r4e1c3mig/95468688559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910ae74f161---90649278014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8c0b96ae1b77e6318b15e40c6d0625d/31708081139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/teketuluwaminida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/huq490fuo7rdn618fjtnrmmq8l/watomovezipamunupomapin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+perceivesPDF 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_off000220e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x220E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000238f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x238F9 21904 bytes
SHA-256: 8efc01089f3d6cd607c5b005fb3ec214fa046073dc02d29e88550a35db5ed550
font_02_sfnt_off00026ff6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26FF6 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 2f445a264e6fbf7b3c7ebca7c8a61d59878a7e23dde3554610528327b60baae3