Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7744bfe20bc1fc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:54:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6cf15dcb4139063e574afe8a1bbf2a99 SHA-1: 1454ed99a5e8b441780891ec99474788e648c43a SHA-256: b7744bfe20bc1fc45f47399088235d50e90b9c94ce58a17d100c468af401fd08
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+pes+2012+apk+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://at2-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/fiduwapiliwokixetugogenot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/18225291989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/6804916710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prrdbtlnt6vpbr0b5ppr1ul9b1/16590638460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/fujapulokikawukerabadap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eabaa5fd678f0102733d45bec4ee382c/reviguxigokogudepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5f7de0b4158fea2b1f8c5530708eaa3/dobunisina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles/files/46147880464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/992c8a3dac7a892d29fa59c51cd79ecc/82676486140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/17740256472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eae1c8e2a57f4779acb9aba7a01fca5b/3035016522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tablica-nieruchomosci.pl/uploades/fckeditorfile/kijawuvilivuzipar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/682gi3r6i5vsv9c1hrd0lv5t61/rumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30a148b06c---jaboximinukikolegutilajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2a598660cf---92323575346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/4206732107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwaandccareunion.com/clients/57137/File/pudubatinekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46e40c095a---kiratekumodisiziralutower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611655d669d93---49477807325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/juder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/dafokubuzuzogagasija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db0b2e693a0e5617a24c41f436f1390c/fajotorafemavikaguvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/14427632749.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_off0000e072.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE072 18132 bytes
SHA-256: e94415d96fc5a786cdb2a3cef932b8e9c4b8312518c23fdb0d6d40e6c4bac71a
font_01_sfnt_off00010fed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FED 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 2fd0e0334f44fdb4d1e475931dc8db1b70d7f2ee1cd55c9ae1ed671aa0e455ad
font_02_sfnt_off00012942.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12942 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1