Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7b1ef8e99e44434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-08-05 03:53:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f5d3b4e9190c29137714231a0995b1c6 SHA-1: fc2a7c38d3ee1fc5b2264b9d51bd0cbaa9460c55 SHA-256: b7b1ef8e99e444340b1b52c57c7e9504018f3fa3ed121e309392fee3fc207ed9
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+excel+for+accounting PDF link annotation
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/risifizonil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd82fc16ae---41967627340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0609bf77bc56755a361c3a991b1072d/43758142351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731bb7bb7ed---liparoxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609037c30f5fb---wizaribunugelolij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/54112238050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021062818540673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de-ko-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81433282136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gc427nqd5550dkl0islnbmdh8/puwizuxexedaxugel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081af6db06d9---58684889258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdbchurch.com/clients/43262/File/tixufixagape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e428dc5896---ketadaroviruporobujej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4521b483048c6d44d4fe60cad542f7e/24886181208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliotoconsulting.com/clients/862286/File/13444419243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdc3bfb6a7a---jibijofodatafapaxegorujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcd266cc4af---kerepidotufefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b5e5abf45---gilejitorifomomafipalumuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v46at1kb4fbg5ghdsgk37esrv3/70305993552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4nqk4u2i5los5j29m263urf83/bokijijemipomijupafuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratco-hardware.com/Ups/files/pewowopaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/61489007243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8ee7268bf---kexesuzupivevogupowaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de46f076ef4ab209d2cc4795ad23d688/25511944710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://improntediteatro.it/userfiles/files/20133457906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c624f350ed679913a78b64e0b0ba4b9/12079317087.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_off00010b08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001231f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1231F 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 285a8592a75d318421a3986a2e97f234f8e8f0e62ee61f3792b49966f76da266
font_02_sfnt_off00013c32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C32 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 2cdde3694d32ac56f6dedf0c68fa85af9f9c9fce93c3fef46f3f9a34e655a83d