Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a448690da798e20e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:15:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1cc6dbfe21da948aef32419440ff1733 SHA-1: a4e2d429b904ae81690806fa4b903726c77b3b4c SHA-256: a448690da798e20e463b053fe2baf1e0b95ad408232b4633cc2a4efd099704e3
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for SEO poisoning or phishing. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5gpku32e62cd23ujvu9pect13i/fizugunewaxomezogun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/nokovifusuderazagunube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773ee49496b---samerelomagiwujoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b572dc0bb4b7591cd834d120ef4b5bad/nobomipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbff6656d54---makifefefepitafasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/ratifofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbwmd.com/uploads/Files/74953357702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/najirugiler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6af58863b0---likosokiverit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/gulabitegijiluwoluruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986fe1917dc---zovaxugelepalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbbfcf39e29bb87edfb413e6ad674a24/redovavorixorurefamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c412f2c90fa---lilebejonamowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eaecb21e12---45947215902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vh02ncl0dfbhmfnfkdqfac56v4/15710789519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g1nj4jai6pepg92njmohddjq73/12207372256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f63e529b3---1859834600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e0419d392641fad92ad13d3269f6927/daxukapubipoxowapurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0343627f9---65776833131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f1425f7c4---130381994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwplazaview.com/uploads/files/fenadil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210505182957686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbf3d90e513c6a9d1fbe4b925800065d/japenidatirawizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/folominotifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=3000+lb+to+tonsPDF 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_off0000e9e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101FA 16192 bytes
SHA-256: f7b9253987216832ec511a3c7ffdd777d8ae21bfd21e5a9c2e014f7e310ea55e
font_02_sfnt_off000117ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117AC 16516 bytes
SHA-256: ea5bafa1484364ef4c33b5a76364dd7284c94d93de3e22cc47ff77202781e427
font_03_sfnt_off0001429c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1429C 9952 bytes
SHA-256: 4afe43786804a431cdf20f48c114014cadaf0801d8d5df75426828b06fed7926