Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efd72022ed89966c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-08-29 21:15:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: de3c937411cedca41c816356e8c6ae9f SHA-1: d4964331e41801167f2270308471de90920276ab SHA-256: efd72022ed89966cb7f6bbe14274a30e834d4dae3d24dba79f59598469a15fbf
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of external URIs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to potentially harmful content. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=three+letter+words+with+u+in+the+middle PDF link annotation
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/lawibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintowncoffee.net/uploads/images/files/kubugimetufano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saydersan.com/firma/files/10387344844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce36f6dd83---xananobagotes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/xogexenutite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/binajumekapanim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rpi9i5q3frja3j60c72jql0574/57309196232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eol.org.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18906546172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vientangluc.com/upload/files/56741096819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/lujiwadatagetuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydent.hu/editor_up/tivemilexinerun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd6afc46d9---jepurefiwesamevipibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/89046011305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4c6cb61b9---62100419583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/27396739428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a37ac365ef---bulijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b081132fb79---bipexogafejule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/22283512132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/40585112064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkbeauty.vn/luutru/files/gajigujunelinalasodowoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0311.com/userfiles/file/20210807101239_4j6lku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/mazepavopuwilala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oaklandscreche.ie/userfiles/files/65044130496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/nuxamitijajipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/jovofakobu.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_off0000c5fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5FE 17360 bytes
SHA-256: 17be82bfd3a319abf4d85d74a9db61b804c30b8046ef1e39a9b932df2d31b0b9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B7 10500 bytes
SHA-256: e610af06c21abdb0b1ad0d8e93e771d83f2ee42865a497b5deb82851125d6209
font_02_sfnt_off00010a74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1