Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc8065077d71b1a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 10:23:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 09595d66c9ba858df9fb929ce92d1416 SHA-1: 9d78196df552fc89492080617d4e0210cbd938cc SHA-256: bc8065077d71b1a6c2adf9d1161c3510ff7ba739336e23a4e5f64f94534d5ff8
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links suggests an attempt to deliver a second-stage payload or phish for information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4578

Heuristics 5

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+ribs+do+babies+have PDF link annotation
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/tedarivirefidazirufidida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54ccfdd9d562a5a618f1ca2cc0319596/ruxojixemorepiwudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/86503730822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joelcsimonesq.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lumagijodinegokofobodika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/50491700430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa207933d22ebff3cf7a14bfc9aba099/99072054514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irollee.com/userfiles/file/10572537946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisytalavera.com/userfiles/files/99701717642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d710808edfd---9224236018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/javiwege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b04774356dac306ec7c35de806d2614d/dabupaxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dafd51bd1929411ea5617cae65ca3f00/lokefudugodoninizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb6a9d7937---57718831493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g087emfbl56hq8ovqblbtup1n6/31485037959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3d2b81420---16096351664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c6a1da70d---goronajiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/uvodebevipuwala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fa52ec578d7a868ba1cead5fe5fd1ed/gomabisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afca8434555---81507174981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocvietbungalow.com/upload/files/gapavuxawutejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/43557678778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869125e793d---sataxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/jivenufukufosuvogenonib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b9df4a25e---rebagilofekewadalak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/38666679696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f39e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF39E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB5 10764 bytes
SHA-256: eb036c0cdca320327efec162d13eb15faced017de108ea6c3529c6385a52a586