Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d07bd1433fac4075…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 07:24:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 09fe4f2bc8e4e3243447188cab7903dd SHA-1: d7daf3558e0c1cc40bad7494052e1310b0e7b79e SHA-256: d07bd1433fac407556d9fe2af4f90d23645b56e249a7a5f4242ff201133ec6b6
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or appear to be disposable. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the link farm structure suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f52ffb69fbd0759fd34c24640a313590/loledemeweniwada.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://orhs89reunion.com/clients/77823/File/gadodalutolodigawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9mi5dl0p465tmcaqhqfvn4da6/puzamodijesedagonapuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/31884162737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/283e5e871cf213385dd8c7dd51916c18/85168479598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/vojagarosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caacd3ea17e---genewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqp9foapann7ti8rra525crutv/vavefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983dc2bd141---24026048869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c62c2e0f23bd4d07aead98f6f5111625/58434569842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28922e67a1---10754056696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8sced1t69qgvvnvc36l6omd151/xedevetenedasigefopof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608172bdb4825---ruzuvekujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723b7ed7432---nibotaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/906335261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56f24d320e---logevoveninabodaravovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/99967716544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/67740790572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a9dee0450---texakoserurugadafevixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/67784219087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skpizzasubs.com/uploads/files/romuxawibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/dizudiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/22694648451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3g7ofgdmi0m2v5kt0v0jofkdc1/lusipuxitejafuxeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=idm+extension+not+showing+in+chromePDF 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_off000123a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A9 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 9c96d86761e9d24c2a91dd6ff77b1d0443abf974ef0ccfdb7b7703676270b5bb
font_01_sfnt_off00013c02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C02 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 710a986c1e455bde14deed32a34186a23ca8d2660a2698be7871c5cf7f661292
font_02_sfnt_off000169c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1