Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a39d2956fce22726…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 07:27:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: d0a60445d7c7a2266e8ec207851fddec SHA-1: 903fefc01dede61177c7f995b3faeedbf226a4ca SHA-256: a39d2956fce22726b2c41c1eab6d04eedf5b681e636acb33b85415869708f600
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations used for hosting malicious files. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely provides a password to decrypt a subsequent archive, a common tactic to evade security scanning. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f676f7de1a---82211269933.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0fdc3c84a3---48295470198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/wixalezunomilirezutumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/35420366529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/44504532327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc15642f44f---kukotegizaluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/varukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/gimamexaxidokufabibigekex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/kolefumabegemase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8214c81db8c099c7883c95476ae342e6/26517297277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/mibisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/72949045139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettincapital.vn/upload/files/talusebototarad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc45ccfcc2---sopefigapovoganedunaxovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0df21faf966af1c3e8f3903f56fbae7/ditaxokokagebaderaresiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/jodironezuwumebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819184ab65c---jakipiwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfd9bd1ce8---xesoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/dutevevapale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01fcd18a557723670c2e9a3f5bb29b03/zopevodazaxumudaxadifida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4d545e847aaca2ea1ffcb30a1d8cbb8/37924990775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/deposovidawolugadodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edcasys.com/ci/userfiles/files/32420208940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc96eacbe1---jobivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=parole+pour+draguer+une+fille+dans+la+rue+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011ea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000136b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136B2 19016 bytes
SHA-256: bf2b41644805a9abf8cc508fc76abef944313b832424863dd60a555f885bb7dc
font_02_sfnt_off000165d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165D1 16448 bytes
SHA-256: 0e4cde3d5bdd5452960de995a4807c8da4ec665155a9812e2f8e54e6c49b7878
font_03_sfnt_off00017cab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CAB 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 7b85dda8642675722c6dc3d548260fc226e9b863494a626b0b30538bd85e5615