Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3013849425cfb1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-04 06:31:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 4a4b47e33b69eda30032600ff474c4e5 SHA-1: 7a089f8890766a21d5be59598dc97d02af9b0915 SHA-256: e3013849425cfb1a5cbf5573ef8c23144c3cef51f19964b2fe8d2e8e7e3e0f33
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 http://yunnanyingxiang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7145546119.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb07fc5363---69808536323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefuzevilixegipitikob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/lototuzalepexobosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6e4b2e5dc99ab3fe6c812bc34d057fe/gusezaruzosaroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-6/20210706205213339419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d228adbadbd---jabujepirerekukunazatumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc381394c9d---76490711918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/47015622342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9fc45f3dbd---juwufebufifobovaregesov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/30953997276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u857fvtaakjh4fr6vqerqoc1fd/80069958652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/85442982158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/98388285307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pm-property.pl/userfiles/file/66006325625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helenhotel.vn/upload/files/46758784794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanti-fitness.pl/uploads/assets/file/90795226996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb141dfab37f4a22da3cdf12285abdd3/34314413239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/66385433261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea2f7dd5027a1592025c4589ae1a227c/bifufikolezunikirome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e84235c5bbb051d7029d5c31f84cf537/lezazikututeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/44464593147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivnerun.club/images/files/lulubebejegononuzeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/4917436199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=is+there+a+creative+mode+in+ark+survival+evolvedPDF 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_off0000f46b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF46B 17268 bytes
SHA-256: 3044a3d23d5aca6ab10e8c23cb8b83e956a609b89828169b77ee645c3feb5766
font_01_sfnt_off000121c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C7 10844 bytes
SHA-256: af36d4b8bf605f8bd7ec308e875fe84da6a4c24e3aa7116f5c0301c39a5e4dc6
font_02_sfnt_off00013ab0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1