Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af0fc08f67207c0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 12:30:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 505939a7933bf1d8884d3d5c4b50499b SHA-1: 2b40e874b6863b31a689c47f1fe6ee111703b5dc SHA-256: af0fc08f67207c0a1af3a5b13be645798ba2849053ccc7447e9dbe2601cc3ac5
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The primary lure appears to be a search result for 'play store download for pc app', suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were directly extracted, the ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of numerous external links supports a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210903060818068.pdf
    • http://indyskischool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tavusipanunibanoberig.pdf
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/29968653505.pdf
    • https://lostfoundglobal.com/userfiles/file/3485491929.pdf
    • https://aayams.com/userfiles/file/60099178371.pdf
    • http://votava2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ralagokakime.pdf
    • https://artcorner-fiberglass.com/userfiles/files/gafusitilonarezi.pdf
    • http://dayou.tw/uploadpic/files/202109140423424714.pdf
    • http://goldmustang.ru/files/files/dulogab.pdf
    • https://www.soroptimist.be/oldsite/intranet/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/65554139531.pdf
    • http://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/lomewapilipaviliguje.pdf
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381f2a03fc9---77276216494.pdf
    • http://krzysztofmalec.pl/gfx/fck/file/84767914027.pdf
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319247195f9---xitigenepuvebev.pdf
    • http://aptwash.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/vegugululuwipepabofu.pdf
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373085a4a96---8381439151.pdf
    • http://shopabrang.com/images/files/29547313150.pdf
    • http://winhazel.com/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40579483049.pdf
    • https://fototipia.hu/files/files/kubinitopekokakileges.pdf
    • http://energywork.pl/userfiles/file/dasifebajulupize.pdf
    • https://yumasri.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57226386022.pdf
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///17539118026.pdf
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/bopunetalubopusixezisivow.pdf
    • https://coaching-jk-academic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xabidanaxovafotaruzutubal.pdf
    • https://hanedantoptan.com/upload/files/42835168709.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=play+store+download+for+pc+app
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e156.bin
b121713408eaf457c93a62afc92bd11ba7659e86aab0c27d23757e1a4e8d6f2a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE156 17164 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d9f.bin
54d71fe0afedf3219aa885bbf35b7057173a17adebec75c858f5cb815dced36d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D9F 10720 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012691.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12691 16792 bytes