Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1c0d1e837c1f267…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 11:09:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ce81bc85b01fa855fbef25d7044b9280 SHA-1: 080bdde2dac5ffa3ed013232a2bb2460a94409f2 SHA-256: f1c0d1e837c1f267d1231cd14feef34170e3ef68ba496301df9f61584bf344e0
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting a lure to download further malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway scanning. No scripts were extracted, but the overall pattern suggests a downloader or droppper functionality.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://interference.ajoda.eu/userfiles/files/renonubetivipojojona.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hanurichurch.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34732940928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ece256b871---wovopuvobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonkuehner.de/gfx/userfiles/files/bebopunize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unitec-egypt.net/userfiles/file/jidikegezotajubexiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d17c9c4fbe7abf64257431ec6ac442df/59417609680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88169320775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alptw.com/images/files/49804141266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editionsitaliques.com/userfiles/file/76632469449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesecurityguardunion.ca/userfiles/files/tapubusakogajexiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73300020900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26926714864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/wigujegabudolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902045806925986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhins.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/54434308846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pieseautocomenzi.ro/userfiles/file/22185691806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharenkon.com/files/tupemejetar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegneriarossi.it/userfiles/files/43043603753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35740752654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/93499585219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/memabifij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masukpt1.com/contents/files/motizemisofejulinopive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khonggiansachhanoi.vn/uploads/files/43160350915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613252a21d1a3---98113299957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eapver.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109121713347616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+get+my+android+phone+out+of+safe+modePDF 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_off0000d9b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B0 17992 bytes
SHA-256: 811d0caf59601814f23eafe9c4e05f16a5a94823fcb492e8ff4a30cd041b498c
font_01_sfnt_off000107eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12002 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 1e815cbe3f6964627658e5630154fdfbc6fb1298a779f5b57fde9147657d8d2d