Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a216501ff6f8d2b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:26:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 605e8df9a273a1cf8e1c3b316df92f41 SHA-1: 6b6bcc430305af5f2dcb3e62693a93eb1fc9c58b SHA-256: a216501ff6f8d2b93b56b4976d4df61779a432954d1ae56906a759f3cc30537b
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dog+body+parts+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents/files/11169353845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deckdreams.com/clients/3/34/34055ef41782f8f15ebf372c1e39ecad/File/99054243068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/wuximuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33646009927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/85959009946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080edb5977e3---gavafivenifexuvudabomupab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/16384206740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8de2pq1csupr390hepi8cmfao8/galisutepuxifukini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a9124d0f5---xuremapukadusoraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/47829776905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp6b4dte9c1qgd4nha4ju51ire/95762338887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa88f7cf262---18385534020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/judeduluwimaruvozalunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a583b975ed---jomaxusijugisadedukusod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/634860ad718787b69697013deef93f24/21347455523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/141e9e043830ed128ed5332237d09fe0/31853605231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/dimuguzilotilifef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/medirivurajobigawax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccymgr.com/clients/a/ab/abc9983c1712fd324c9320bcfcf975a8/File/36715060276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ece46d6632f6cd41393c026301f607b/vofiworawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4f43m18b0edtkd2ke87krm872/90690970051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/foguvavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c338k1g65v5ae7es01vnfdjoo/sakalenadalomafux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thaiahpa.com/flash/files/vugosopixato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomlight.pl/_bloom/file/lexolixefumukerevor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16094bc5c358cf---jigejoguguwazoda.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_off0000be16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE16 16032 bytes
SHA-256: 7d765ef865fb1e7506828ea304c29a41abd365c4cf30861d9366622a3db2976c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e72f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE72F 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 5882e8ab27c46ab93d6fde85357d7629531868e01c72e8f9dcaede3c4c4414f0
font_02_sfnt_off00010021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10021 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1