Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2dc4846e17614c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 00:19:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cc83b0154981c32319020a3c4ab0819e SHA-1: ebfba415896f67454e6edb5e8f7d34bbb746fa42 SHA-256: a2dc4846e17614c3f6e9f33e721715d517216bf6cc49a3febfdb07b59dc412d7
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations and appear to be part of a link farm designed to attract search engine traffic. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of a security bypass instruction further supports this. The document's structure and embedded links suggest it is designed to trick the user into downloading a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 7

  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=geometry+dash+free+apk+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1598498c15f196b51ed46a8546026e91/15011569812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16f4d832b371322c99c5e31ac7baae61/xobezikefele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kktr4t8aql2jvhf35a6r70tdot/gidetevojulikerije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6779f37da91b42ea5a220e732aa7d2f5/mutofesiximit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/bidivitomuzifuxonomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8f8e53ad4c---fagukexaxoxezinebeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/862daa4f67bd44cb502983637c3e3dae/xofasubejamobuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/35488452110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607921af2f5de---rezige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongcohonda.com/userfiles/file/85264786539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8060ca36c917da66b598f2d79148a13e/30421735018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89be11e3f6---21395940292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csss77.com/clients/d/df/df7f2fdc42e243c7a03c192a8228c0be/File/35092700073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hankyunget.net/userData/board/file/54928157198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gopjcfgmdsd6380g36nt1ljlvf/rugutowunepakano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4fovkkspb6oicalkqjj4mh8da/gekiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/gegiwexenumutezuzafageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkim.vn/upload/files/safitojujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/34407759240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/15534523879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dca4373b3485a0d741690d7a405c3427/31684596071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13b066a6b3fc5d3469783346f9ed14ea/74857261434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210812013032952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhouseschool.com/rockhouse/uploads/files/87804295019.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_off0001230b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1230B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013b22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B22 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 02437c873668cad61ecde154710609aafeb1260a68d3b49ecce3fcb60840f152
font_02_sfnt_off0001546c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1546C 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 9ca89939adfe21fb19b6ab25dd8f3e43d2313505cc0e594e90e9328607e95aa5