Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd53f2b95164ad11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:11:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 50cf1c63731e6fb5140cbe1a994ee562 SHA-1: 4959da7350be2d744a4f609f682185750ed69039 SHA-256: bd53f2b95164ad11130597d686fdba4dd7221d6542e439d77b9dff31ee198a8c
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of link farms and the callback lure heuristic suggest an attempt to direct users to malicious content or engage them in a scam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://zoop-tech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duxenuzedibobufidi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/87885320068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hvf1n4apdkher03njb0drbr7bh/23338323423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16074adde30174---gexutesesufubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents/files/66617768868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekuzaziromodazejazapirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e3edu.vn/public/ckfinder/core/connector/php/connector.phppublic/uploadsfiles/jujug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stgeorgedentalcare.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dozopowolenofasitekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5675a19dda596ec095a0dd5cf857ea18/sagolomurokoxanoximokopik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17484986124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/79892117274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/pediwizozudaxanoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/49528718048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--j1aii.su/userfiles/file/49948755847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fab51f4bd---rutelemafesebosalesorase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c33a826f1fb---79610086937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3898a02055e984fce0c7dbe358a4c696/10855261944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d7e72215755ed0143f8c673443eff8d/rezawixaxusumine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqcvvpri4l1cdgq47k1770cslv/14987145036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/80265091344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/32202968800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lauraestetica.com/userfiles/files/dazasurajidizamojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/Upload/files/3101718878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57f9a4a64b5ba2dd27357af0f08b428/17688662865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toddfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/48/482e924d5a052aa4a0c13eb8a30e0bc8/File/papivene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jonujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=renault+kadjar+accessories+pdfPDF 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_off0000c239.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC239 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA50 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 36bb262c71be5d558a6c50d46a584b5e74a756745cfbc326f7c5485914d3be92
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E9 17156 bytes
SHA-256: 999828c7c8d4d676663d0b075625bf911aa3fddca8b2d73f7f4f69fd6f3b74a9