Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2ccc8a5e138008a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 16:01:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c7602e3d310448e273d9e31bceb64ad7 SHA-1: d6c1decd5cc936b291df30010b5be95e6dfe065e SHA-256: a2ccc8a5e138008a1baa84a32eecd613790dc32f948940429525c77e579d523c
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to link farms hosted on compromised WordPress uploads and disposable domains. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the structure suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious content. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://thefertilizergranulator.com/d/files/91614145221.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d661bc8f8b---16441070090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swiss-ex.com/images/blog/file/rekawikufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop/contents/tinabelanowurawirazudara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smelawservice.com/file_media/file_image/file/74647935890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/40164745823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envisystem.com/upload/userfile/files/64638156562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27414d5d2292cf24f5e947f53b4df62f/vilarofag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d50ef5c619d81f643ea07e4a0575cb37/60966576015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcvscr.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/vijipofexotidofuzirob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343b7492ac2---bozanezodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210907155028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82922216820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/perovir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee583227eb055b6e94244420334ae763/xinuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321b93b3696---75731615262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-shodnya.ru/upload_picture/file/sitinijapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flcevent.fcu.edu.tw/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210903223144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4fab1b7bebb9fe8b479e7bd48707dfd/dotuxudasefegox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/risipenanogosel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/31318138798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lyonsinn.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/94991526093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/359079ba1585badb3456732b738ab0e6/judixutozodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/birozukab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+cp+in+cold+war+for+freePDF 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_off0000cf49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF49 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 3898edd42aa3525d95a3655fc51d8296f929fabf7174adaea46a2f54a7052649
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C1 19172 bytes
SHA-256: 34daf0788f4e75b257fcd074901513baf7af89e0a2c215b8b489fbfc4cf3ef24
font_02_sfnt_off00011944.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11944 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1