Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3fbc2d6f9301431…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:59:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cdd92b9c8690fdea1579e9d467f75d92 SHA-1: e65b41c10b1ecdd7560f714b260c5a5ffd19aa08 SHA-256: a3fbc2d6f9301431cb2fa8190d3af9a372ebcc51c229b320d76535d0a9f226a5
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which are hosted on domains associated with compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic suggests a lure to trick users into downloading further malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/jinexivufaki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarshelter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40571404571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/39455173839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archpiudue.com/userfiles/files/89642893984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2da7f2a8f---31228540500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/615caae1001f2fe7e91a0e24fd2ece9d/nibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cu9a4bs0631iclbod3trgito5/59447092841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/giwezivelewizinajura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/5528668458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aanugxqi.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dufuxowopojuwuridake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/73002399554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rnralpha.cz/res/file/lizenepigazola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607687851a49c---jupojonidakonofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17a684931705f87dc021efbbee20b2d5/batukonazumefat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/30013090597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flywings.sk/UserFiles/file/devasodajupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gulidexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/28049332253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b3/b3ae52aef0329bb57e848b27182677c8/File/fuvajob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqui2g2g2trloas168vnhasio1/8482072826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/6395640867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41136f12dbbc0fc2f2be193b370d831e/dupijivazamasotex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matteagianotti.ch/userfiles/files/kuvezigewopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2tmv7isdt6o58obf91kbp0uhc/jovetowuzorotosefowub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-uralstroy.ru/uploads/files/jidesowezupajadowulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/muzawef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nilaluwanetutujela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=hrm+policies+and+practices+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011b28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001333f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1333F 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 60d04b2ae13780ca41bcd55eabafcd80a7df03a45e985ee26ac45ea2b36bdf5f
font_02_sfnt_off00014bf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BF6 20224 bytes
SHA-256: f42f4106c5916a18bec96a5b6d54eb60ef09685519ce9917d1cd836b3130515b