Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abcc48947a6e4162…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-10-18 03:10:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0b7ce0f7d50f90723809cf11faec441b SHA-1: a0e406d3a0f8c5487a0be1a6d0a352b060b5b169 SHA-256: abcc48947a6e4162d8de00d6875bcb95861b2c1a30db70e399e9c1cdd5837889
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the link farm heuristic suggests a non-standard distribution method. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document designed to lead users to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153575e8e237---devogaxigukafawij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://contactfm.be/userfiles/files/giramesar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shindah.com/images/ckeditor_img/files/pimusemiwiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonhieutrung.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lupub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milwaukee.center/userfiles/file/33439656273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valeaflorilor.ro/img/uploads/file/juwidodunolebozedapig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/74096229064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff78a19321---mukizubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webspace.mysdam.net/images/newsletter/files/detidaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playindiano1.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47597241740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/880c1c99c96f25472c0d58f5d708a36b/timizumeluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotrusso.it/userfiles/files/kevajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honkakuji.jp/honkakuji/images/ckfinder/files/nabotijovalagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16166af4acdf8e---87793036067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-elec.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxatozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/vusolok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamphuhiep.com/Images_upload/files/39474978662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inimtrento.it/userfiles/files/sinasatoduretemibuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladna.pl/user_images/file/25732746458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofelician.com/userfiles/files/binukezorakifofubotaxuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/96635948170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manajrgvaaradhi.com/cms-uploads/files/jupiperowijaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/HTGXzuRVGb4/uplcv?utm_term=making+yourself+sneezePDF 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_off0000d94e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD94E 10648 bytes
SHA-256: efd1760c16a791573ff95871318a421035a4751aa21cf6fc335f909ff8d697eb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000109ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109EE 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 511d25e25d0436c9e27329c273bd6d95b4f4afb046ad09667edd087544f33b65