Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8e97dac0f667233…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-08-08 15:19:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 097d9e111e5104a28bd13f23f51fa1c0 SHA-1: ab5367535a9deb20883c06f6a36020d174eb55df SHA-256: a8e97dac0f667233b65b7e141ddd236e00ab09004a83a1ab1388f381a5ba2d43
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the heuristic firings point to a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful PDFs. No scripts were extracted from this sample, limiting the ability to determine specific execution methods.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9e05d4f4aa---25346391674.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965189a089f---kerigadokifamuzowunuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/powojibolaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a760c7c16---totokaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easthighclassof1962.com/clients/2/24/240b89ecbeded73b1ae3fdc7544f4fd7/File/49412473896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609059a5b4d65---pufuludut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/mebonogupabeniwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/masumodojuzimesobex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87b0hsrlr72nqpbkfqv7hukdk5/xogoluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f27352f11---memobiluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/pitipalogemenerugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf936d199bd---8810322041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/ridazujirubagamex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmcp-avac.com/files/upload-ckfinder/files/pimofurogovurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/dovaxigepudujadojodosuzet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalamathachurch.org/cms_uploads/image/file/65419659212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapremipariwar.org/userfiles/file/52831534311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nq9nir07ad027mm3d4a61br923/dekuferifafixasoxizugowug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70d48c229c---23378717157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d7dc1b1f6d---bepotufurokadugajaxodoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c784ef1323---piladedoxisizugefusir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/givinolepudikapaxakudujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7676b2fef9fb431e13580f461867a031/94030472485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=american+harvest+food+dehydrator+recipesPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/rixotodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010ee5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE5 11000 bytes
SHA-256: e4625dfa7d5a17e5876c6442023fafb84bb9cfa4a2406d364c7930a022469cde
font_01_sfnt_off0001284e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1284E 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 27613e67b19620b3a92aa37cc26cb7c8ec5673ab534b2089178bceb5bf21ebd4
font_02_sfnt_off0001552e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1552E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1