Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa4fbeee51db1a18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-08-15 05:56:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: d63cf749139392293a2a5856e74ef757 SHA-1: e05c2dd0bed2b4f3836eb1ed33b8f69d520ee784 SHA-256: aa4fbeee51db1a18dc4ae797912d54db989a8891b464efb44ae2d6f571a68bc6
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 designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of algorithmically generated URLs further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kl1ptsnakvloua6jciq13u2v96/bexitefetojovaduzemopi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/35597933845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technocom.pl/editor/file/lovevalone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c21b3e09d6e---26495423694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/62842089792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma1.ru/!upload/files/95423530284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuhomania.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jepibizozetikesopakaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1332825262---22030794489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgrids.com/userfiles/file/84283669758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050221281973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87027d8dc0495a08dfef40151a04bcbc/55512063458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users//file/vumuwilezunosuvuzupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfins-thailand.org/uploads/file/34675973334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3f34bbcf6018ca04a2343197b889809/dipadufidowinas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/48904559798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/99082147002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608098c121003---zulutoxixijanipeneta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/65279826019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f2ded01637---ramulaxofebetalam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/82220535391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898f815db0f---81199450323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/76621240886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a32147968---filoluritulasegopipedonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=best+passport+photo+studio+near+mePDF 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_off00010e82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E82 16696 bytes
SHA-256: 97fde663e67364b6cb16e2708fda8fa36dcca1c8110e58236c62fa809aa5d99a
font_01_sfnt_off00013a23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A23 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 2f268dd06d8173b886c54cbd7a9f58f5c7085a63f008e5985632a7f3c2604d48
font_02_sfnt_off000152c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1