Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd70a3c6235a8af5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:03:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 37708b86ea3fd1d37de8ce2ea1aae220 SHA-1: 750997dd063f590e0166013d2010ce985b3deb5c SHA-256: cd70a3c6235a8af55ac9e3145fc44963d5123bc6b4f7f8fee47b9fe6cf7523d9
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and numerous links suggest an attempt to lure users to external sites, potentially for further exploitation or malicious content delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a512def654---tubopufakak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dc8cb4f77---jetiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/sutepilasojexobiduzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26f9d7eafc---26882943837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/116a5bc9152b76b9bbe22aaae67d0571/rolowidizexefepodaruneru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/rinurazowutar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607524863bfd1---99453154676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fa27fd646b701500a41b53e5e766e19/5654830165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1251dc537---5549662494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607709fee963e---833479464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/serakunaxepimekix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/156p2vtv0g23aka3pv12gu34n3/jazenejetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/585447122c74b5410c9803dc5e04008f/nizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/94740418703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hladonural.ru/upload_picture/61278950903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/15764024109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/97606114135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44059c85ca---bavuruzolufumowenukerufid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resheto.ru/users_images//fck/file/noronemivipufomiromodusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tensoinox.com/userfiles/files/buguposajul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/69659296764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717117aab65---tidetemolegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d77cdcf0c1b---56390843675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dedfcf5f88da0dbf40a4b24563848ac5/74904471160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pharmacognosy+and+phytochemistry+ii+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_off0000c192.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC192 18148 bytes
SHA-256: 2510f9e8acda5f8ffc4663986b13d641497678f7031c2225961b9e8dfcf1bd1f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f074.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF074 11136 bytes
SHA-256: c83c75c1adde956bec2e2ac8fb5bdd168ce16122df642c293f7e63a77c872a65
font_02_sfnt_off00010a26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1