Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1697fae018f3b1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:55:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8445568d72e482d2cc1851ac4ead656c SHA-1: 53e7d6fccb165b9185dfbf85450134a4d2872221 SHA-256: d1697fae018f3b1cf7438976938a3a05d26a6c663e7d36f2b2fe5befff459c38
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The ML classifier strongly indicated this PDF is malicious. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8j71dluu2shnt5b56guuaf7f1/pokaviduxolik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6a1a4ae6e02d3c525db441340fa30a0/kefib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekobonner.de/userfiles/file/noxowigikasunano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/33002458036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4qefh47fno5tl3gcklgib88am/49911430380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/jowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/50808824802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da12179b02---piwuwufedifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/pitajitolaresez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onyx-innovations.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74172903096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/sufasidazeduzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/98847286052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kejil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a4e8f4d092---8277913489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubk-sad.de/azubi/userfiles/files/68253243637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-bialystok.pl/pliki/file/74961260977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectifff.be/imgdb/accueil/files/92990603850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempegaring.com/contents//files/ripinebosedenirezogugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/boteridesijutuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aefef074ed69da7ff4d0e633aff54cbf/puvovofatefikupadofeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5268450735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/190084614b6b6e6035caa149a355ad4d/fizazuvobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78d05da034efaa7f6bcf2a3c7d095c13/faditowelatodidupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734e71ee6d8---gifukewaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17f18e7821cabe804a14e80d1fc229c8/71375693784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=john+owen+indwelling+sin+in+believers+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_off0000b614.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB614 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE26 15680 bytes
SHA-256: d2165faf3d65ed321c9b13711106d0b6acc5b13cc2dd6283ef318b21447fe317
font_02_sfnt_off0000f611.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF611 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 50ffcfdac066d0628a5bd733ca2fe3e715ab40f48e5f96ccc8698eb88c883310