Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7c241c786ac1b8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 20:43:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f5c9bc03599c45abc8a5868557af9b0a SHA-1: f8a6228bdbc475d1f697868c303c8bb3a87b5803 SHA-256: b7c241c786ac1b8c2e3811524ecb82ed3b7c77145fcb7692011c147ebd328a56
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of embedded URLs and a 'download button' lure further support this assessment. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/1772288939.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48bb7c4c25---90880674675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c010941ea---24898386425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b4fbac6b1---76269472020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608078f932ac2---ragamofewinotedaxaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/goqrmfrqbcccga0s6h65di5hoi/68697305366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/76768263341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/pufatokuxarawosuxotulunub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbes-group.com/upload/files/pazelepuvosigogazipilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/vozupotodegamimusegorilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc5ec05f0f---vazowogizuboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electriccityusa.com/images/fck_uploads/file/60538154118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/pevabapufekubiwirusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e47fa458e---dozibiwiluvened.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baobianhkhang.com/upload/files/salojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/legeruneriniperav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210529090525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e0eb84ef7---gesojexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5eh3nq2p7qu3llg0r6pljsoeg/xilulobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/70111182377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szamitogep-szerviz-javitas.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interstyle.org/content/xuploadimages/file/93576320904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210618201428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=hyper+run+3d+apkPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f28f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28F 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 3274b1eee6b7ee0fbf93c8ab742f585e8f2d75a68773a577ef770c3413e266ae
font_01_sfnt_off000109f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12203 16164 bytes
SHA-256: fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467
font_03_sfnt_off00013775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13775 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 04f4cb70c39147dfa58f3bd9c52516662225ff2176301a04adf76c749288e691