Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddb8ab94d81c009c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:45:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e5c2f79c102c4c36fa0d0821c9604b29 SHA-1: 83b02c2c94f80190f54d4dd6fcda778d33360a6e SHA-256: ddb8ab94d81c009cfa981bdff50760196ab8d80412520525cc0c4761b4ea3898
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by an ML classifier and contains numerous embedded URLs. These URLs point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content hosted on these sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for link farms, reinforcing the malicious intent.

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://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52082baec117a2654f9a1d31cefdd2e8/lanegunuxotarazanidu.pdf
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73eaf33519---87099714323.pdf
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c897638dd0---vojunuzenefejodof.pdf
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/57759547986.pdf
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/jomeve.pdf
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc75ba41a0d---69042216659.pdf
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/fifemubebojeliwurexa.pdf
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8668475fc---zuvezogabofeku.pdf
    • http://g-shocktou.com/user_file/file/vexinufajukepug.pdf
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/zakuluv.pdf
    • http://townsendrogersfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/91/912616e09393d205379ff76530a10a1f/File/tutisidogizew.pdf
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/kopozaxoxalasodakave.pdf
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgkl89suuh811fu9kjn1kke7gi/18511244237.pdf
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ab63544ee---sozakuranerebunigegiwa.pdf
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sbsvrle9g66b2mtdjuu7r333p7/43357209286.pdf
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/42638121515.pdf
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48dd8a2f9d---50792548763.pdf
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/pubofo.pdf
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab3d95f956---6981287089.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d67c570f8---80241299843.pdf
    • http://royalgroup.at/tmp/jofixibevodezuv.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb4f486468---firuwadoxe.pdf
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c858c369bc---kuzewalatukamorozojorijif.pdf
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/xafagaraluxobasi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=be+disposed+of
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cd53.bin
715a20b5510e16fd6e823592b8d834c2e87f2db2a7fec9fc8b61df1ae2e8b46e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD53 16348 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f785.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF785 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010f9c.bin
aeafd23668da47d31efdd0477e6652c771b313691ec4ad7b9ad48159c830860e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F9C 10036 bytes