Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c310928fabc7f9f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 08:19:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 206bc63ee71d7dee8ca53d1c0aad51e4 SHA-1: 1de64bf43133966c9310e61259c02a0840307ee1 SHA-256: c310928fabc7f9f41d4f67d7d46a38e1c9d9526ddd9391800d6511398240c8f0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of embedded URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous suspicious links suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely as part of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+11+m31s PDF link annotation
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/rarejerefuzoxokamofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/xijul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c344aec5ff---janijazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/pufufamupusogow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.solar-ovens.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22278765136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48658884724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutscher-customs.de/gfx/userfiles/files/27775138671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/90782196784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kapefashion.com/files/files/65562397810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fond.ru/userfiles/file/96356767531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dcbe01c1ee3b47b656cbbf52abc95bb/15488753873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c99cd6c4a728ffca8819497e27668b1/jagesepivapotuxudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzeiger.com/userfiles/file/nopuritabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/21061053058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/8700425000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/150925070761318d2c5c301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/72641998969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bresky.cz/res/file/4846065116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/18972294859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pvvc.cz/files/74537590658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/8854242778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigonford3s.com/uploads/2021-09-10/images/files/28593433494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/8694824859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdemlerkoleji.com/resimler/files/vilasogusebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a065595b3d839d2e14931bf4b06e34ed/10563421576.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_off0000ecaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECAF 10176 bytes
SHA-256: 07b4ff583f9a08d4785a1e52d0ea6711593e716e4418a7ee6324eda33e60ff14
font_01_sfnt_off00010374.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10374 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 5b834a19f95ca50c9643203b790e059ea20affa1ad376a08d8aaab56977c0ffa
font_02_sfnt_off00013014.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13014 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1