Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af14a39a40353ba4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-08-17 00:58:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e45d5f131a2c9d9ccc0540752c1a7148 SHA-1: 26fe9d1fd5a98ecb4a32d5c9c737c9547061e165 SHA-256: af14a39a40353ba4f404ea09b44a1511915c364bf98b46c2894b41deda8cc472
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and utilize form-building plugins for file uploads. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the link farm structure suggests an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful content or phishing sites. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9902

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+skin+changer+fortnite PDF link annotation
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b448af30c0---17569231118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076476716d06---73331419849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66443540352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ij2m2ekpo4cbkjtp6lknhv9mp0/81450953403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/57401847691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce7f652338d---44927968334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9d29b86ca---vetokofisemekisulox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/tifamuvexaruvilakupoxomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/82769767172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd144db7d6---13533912138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.institutvzdelavani.cz/files/19528036193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f0167a55af7a754d823532e8e2d5bcb/lusilupoteboxatufet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac679c42a0f---jupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50061375364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eun98bf59uppu1c2r9uid7n1no/15661532552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/45866842320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/29351446430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/20885494997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dcaa473c02d68d6840a228f196db6e6/49278686695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/42072820991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a22dc3267---kodizemozexujuxefifexejod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hc4n61bqk2u0lgvi4pav1j3sjn/pavalakexofiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88836771ed06fd8beb2b7d0c7cb75c64/8084568512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e273a56f9---10447744357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldwidefilipinoalliance.com/uploadedFiles/files/63276830300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/79456022318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/513fc80c6dd15a15c6cb6fdd6518d750/zekavepedu.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_off0000d1fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1FB 10840 bytes
SHA-256: dd592e3b75c5d8d9b641c432592fe645d6c044f16532170a4cf6709f7b1a4f0c
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB05 16816 bytes
SHA-256: 315c314dd73e646233b57bac91dcdbf9e4080ca3783b9e0296a3be7f653e2cd6
font_02_sfnt_off000115f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1