Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d112f0d935bcd17a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-06-11 01:46:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 50bacfded92d6ff0d2d224b6f2605f86 SHA-1: 4fe60d30026cdb982d8abdba203f1737a8251364 SHA-256: d112f0d935bcd17a04cfa81f97f00320e401fdd8fbba4bd40e12f99201ce7f97
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports the intent to trick users into downloading a payload. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grand+theft+auto+vice+city+5+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a72073b870ddce98a18fec56ffba05/18029713094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//jikesimumebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210530015555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/zerukomatodidasoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916e59c14e0---53247075075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qheh9h8ias94q03k2fmi8uc6uo/51197574740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/if9simennb7j3d1qkktc3p6qdd/memalaraxozejoxuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5141dd6b3---wujugiferebaligojip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa066a44fbb---nujaxexewoguvesinewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0edde7531bc5a5e52a4ef04f5dfb867/lasokixisimijemugawesiwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719009a01db---pojoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8460ea1ce33ec7a74caf72856f1680b2/33850027407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/29483376529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/mupuwerexowusigutodadesad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8b8c41d4ebe0f09c77e6eb869c8cf7f/mowenadamovetudokimazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35521e78f5675bd7feb02b6c9b4c1346/41226856577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd48dcde30---fonoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20d7babb9f---pazajaxajolipip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED39 5340 bytes
SHA-256: 132a75d9283fde4e8beaa481dd0ece57bca1235a62612219967f033128c375da
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF85 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 30536097a981909c268b6ee3b49ce003967a6ac6dccf9148ab0d4a425ede252e