Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eef23ce02edb2115…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-11 06:26:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2494809f5a3d877edff5f1aa7392b65f SHA-1: b72c7bfba8d7fac2579986e036bfdb1eb620277f SHA-256: eef23ce02edb2115b07d8ca02b846501b6056d33055b11f15195135c25927f79
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous suspicious URLs suggests an attempt to lead the user to a phishing or malware distribution site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://vnationwide.com/userfiles/files/42572875717.pdf
    • http://brno-skoleni.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66324914709.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613064fea4a90---nowoxafabuguwawije.pdf
    • http://farmina.ru/uploads/files/fobinojadedakuwuvilapez.pdf
    • https://riminabda.sk/userfiles/file/birirevorevagubiwe.pdf
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/95738915097.pdf
    • https://bonvoyageindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pupuwajovidezefajimemin.pdf
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/9802389354.pdf
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/bavifud.pdf
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kk1v57v19r3i8rkhana4mv2272/tigivaferuretaje.pdf
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/puwegafepevazogomuvijogu.pdf
    • http://zzfcw.com/file/fkimg/file/pizojadijunoridepefilutuz.pdf
    • http://tuvanthanhlapcongty.biz/upload/ck/files/69181568663.pdf
    • http://www.azurwelcomeservices.com/userfiles/file/xalapofa.pdf
    • http://floralojistik.com/userfiles/file/17516111663.pdf
    • http://vrzion.com/data/userfiles/files/65486237143.pdf
    • https://phatgiaolongan.com/upload/ckupload/files/31311141564.pdf
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161337b396f60d---70190156636.pdf
    • http://share-world.tw/userfiles/file/taxajan.pdf
    • http://markaz-e-durood.com/EditorImages/file/pimavajikinoraniji.pdf
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/19405555086.pdf
    • https://doxity.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31068370433.pdf
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/fomepasi.pdf
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/bixojutowokibijobipexomog.pdf
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/pitenawoj.pdf
    • https://inprovitargentina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamaxumibidadake.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=robber+race+escape
    • 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_off0000c12c.bin
6f1e3e5a99ed7f412b197b9391f43bb6d258f1fca6d459b0492d7ec8119486c1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC12C 20312 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f61c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF61C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e33.bin
d2f6eee053216e9001f4940b0cd3f2340474928f9edfab4207d10015cc2f2309
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E33 10212 bytes