Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a836dfe975f07598…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:24:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 20daa2c4d55869bd19d46410c8ad548e SHA-1: e20455504ef92e69d4da3f5fc1547802cfa1847b SHA-256: a836dfe975f07598071a798bfef0b9a8923965a8b10623ca56b74cd00746fdd6
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting it is not intended for human consumption but rather to host these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

Heuristics 5

  • 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://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30944130136.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816788f1003---jizimujevefejefibureme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2de9865c284dc1b1b4674b7cfced85b3/10112912448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b76399d52cb8af576a4fd913a0a5013/62651066127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f49ff19ed158adb414de08ac9c584f21/85424022008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766a4ce3266---fataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/sawewebibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongamold.com/fckeditor/upload_files/file/panimedukaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/80660195116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/bevaterijafeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610eddd300614---28860637356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104ec10803fc---90162474147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayzerfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/08/08e2d5bcffca37c2e1a82d364f4296c6/File/84113120164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4f3d5a02767b1134d05bc8500dd34bb/44443341798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16467683810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/53748304307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/88853483147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/162420251418806092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/11552863721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomiccm.com/userfiles/files/wixixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/tuzobamupumoxasobivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2039a4d672---kalatodimewelutuvexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d5e5156374c599ce8d9848eca4f424e/21471785549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/novigelewafewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d04d1c42dbc344a1a52b46f6c1fc977c/peposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/babixafonibufugenarivul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asztalosweb.hu/userfiles/file/50653361819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=superheated+steam+tables+pdf+si+unitsPDF 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_off0000c0d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0D0 16120 bytes
SHA-256: a5d5e3b7503cbe97112f7933f12935d36f1cad6e61cab222e5098f6f4054cbaf
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9FE 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 9c0040f14df12759c27736c4be07fef7428ee04569dac2f8d3dc0b822164a2da
font_02_sfnt_off000102f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1