Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e32ef34d5512995a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-10-05 13:37:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 484edf77fa4d119a22781c9d70d4b730 SHA-1: 6d19fb35bb1c6b6d39e0d8a91edb4db6553611ff SHA-256: e32ef34d5512995a2dde41d45a3485b113895dcb5beda9bce2d2fba7ea5730b5
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress instances or disposable domains, indicating a likely attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links suggests the document's primary function is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=460+lever+action PDF link annotation
    • http://betriacum.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16423013720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fadevijawevanofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7gcdrd5u3augpjqqbkpqd8sn6/25493965884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021090714584173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdon.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadupulevawuzove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/deluboxupuzizuzevalawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sledovani2.gpshlidac.cz/www/userfiles/files/xivadiburemijufafomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigaintan.com/contents/files/koruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobinovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taylormadetc.com/siteadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vogolepam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/dixinemasezisuxerugewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/gurelidojejiboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35662536115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinarlangit1.com/contents/files/65199764569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosesrealtyhomes.com/userfiles/files/fipimuvuzofakewoxatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/fudasagimogetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-19/20210919215526233308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/68522476220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehregancenter.ir/images/upload/files/bosubireborubozasakowoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strelnicebudejovice.cz/userfiles/file/91193682883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141392188edc---perewobijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9448579e8e0b42367e147d67c69e753d/volorimiluduzipopiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aow.infogestnet.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53899341854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/tilup.pdfIn 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://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_off0000c948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC948 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e15a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15A 19360 bytes
SHA-256: ddc880b63a360b01baef4662df78e4a8163fd12a092628a146ed6c1d5651dc0f
font_02_sfnt_off000113f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F0 10392 bytes
SHA-256: c50b818bf952ea43c2bb7f57f5acfa13ca4dc9a3a735eeeb1c28c4d5d664988a