Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5eba4dd7ef88a2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:31:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7da1af71ca521ac059c2b46b453e2b02 SHA-1: 89c159833278efb4fda9bc98902dbebcf1095f83 SHA-256: a5eba4dd7ef88a2a7c8b81a364a381af62930dbfdb7d7d3cfef6d0c2ff8126ed
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to other PDF files, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external resources that likely host malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7852

Heuristics 6

  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b081e2738d2---94473212618.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doyen.cc/images/upload/File/75026299136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web-news.eu/www/pkpar/userfiles/file/lobojupikekitif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/muvenoperesujotejosoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abd6298b0a---sirerer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc9989b136---27633230683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://booknowrentalimo.ch/userfiles/files/lezim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc5c64d344---kagogefofemesopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portaldasfreguesias.com/portugal/vianadocastelo/vianadocastelo/geraz_do_lima_sta_maria/ckeditor/ckfinder/file/jobisox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609484fc7534e---witako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edelstar-mos.ru/files/dojakuvukinub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41910340532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funcarele.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95754677571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/nipisejot.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/vazubaninilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65147f06fe61a6c890141822626e1656/37770559895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/874cfb38a7b30a31a5869e49173eb1fd/xipojulemukokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/kekujujobesevoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2021woods.com/clients/b/b0/b0e6999751250b7f6f06d89f33415bdd/File/26289866569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8d72c90f3---lupabapuvolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidichike.com/upload/files/lefevenetul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crm333.com/documentos/file/refeluvewobunoluvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleinwestor.com/userfiles/file/fifuvezobajonopazasunan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=operating+system+concepts+8th+edition+solution+manual+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000cf3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e751.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE751 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 0cce02d6905353c996f9afb5d6fd1b4de9b69d71566005d2445333e9e6a29046
font_02_sfnt_off00011318.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11318 11600 bytes
SHA-256: 292f6b169576daa19340dae495190427a0672b97d19ea526ab7be9886e612f45