Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b594bda750dc1b6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-21 02:32:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f238f8d210032901f42daad2d1714247 SHA-1: 4bf3cad6747ca8132b89701497577cea17835993 SHA-256: b594bda750dc1b6e908ef852216e2ddb5ae3a4e0cbe0f13f82c58d81fdac3990
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The primary purpose appears to be SEO manipulation or hosting potentially malicious content through these numerous redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/kugowugul.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/zuwagodonoforimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/150b925395398b27b3ffd1aef0e57a21/14825990478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910b851e4c3---punakedujetuxivumikidowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autolubitel-irk.ru/userfiles/file/rekawegufatefikabafoxeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempatpasang.com/contents//files/25599712188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc54f3ab71684e6272cbf922c255db6d/2992152494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1185cef72---zusogutufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.ph/app/webroot/img/files/88482002096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/tirubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents//files/74454494370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq7d0p3j0pjalsa1mlvcbnsuvb/vevejajibufizefomad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/zatopineminibap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/bujeniruxumusamakurop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97e5d853c5b50f1d20790d32ade66351/11298783726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galantemontagnana.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88100373346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevelec.com/bevelec/dossierMois/file/jagumejimitexuxoseresanel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebookonpersonaltransformation.com/FCKeditor/file/texebijivugoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087faca7d49b---wabumobijulelezozakawet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pop-around.com/file_media/file_image/file/sopixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/96958027995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106a47e6e3fb---liwanunudafavabuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nidi.mk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piratija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8792db4d6a0abb54912046757ac42137/rujutoruwurodiwelexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/wuwenemumedukivebikudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=cuisinart+2+qt+frozen+yogurt-sorbet+and+ice+cream+maker+instructionsPDF 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_off0000eede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEDE 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 868ca6eebf0f4e8b0e2b4a1210046b35199f8a2dc2cef29d29665f105fbd796d
font_01_sfnt_off00011bc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133DF 11612 bytes
SHA-256: 26d95b49e57f18b5e78f989d8dd323bd46e8824d6cba4251a425fe0154d3dd4a