Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f207529d82433f45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:51:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bae100f61a2a36a73ac3b94a8ebfea49 SHA-1: be869171f7e502c369a2ab22bd1536c74c2dee96 SHA-256: f207529d82433f45aed0d689338c942dc3b51eb715aa05ec8a0decdf4beba832
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to download further malicious files via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=advantages+and+disadvantages+of+vegetative+propagation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://stegopackaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpsc8a19443n5n3k99pmohud8p/11059213798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b14e6d105e89c3d9e599b194fb91332d/kesozaraxeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c1f32eb77---57141298698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6a230b580---vapevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/kawijixotukaved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/544544b19619970ac317bcce4d194f43/literokidotovowak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenvisioninternational.gm/userfiles/file/wuworonoxenoturow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/nuderaxomulovagap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52714262644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp70.com/clients/873855/File/pasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/17467406944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49cc4ft8rb2fi5l4hjq4ltlnag/nemibatemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjj8r5623shbqung0e5l5dh123/bezopanono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anysoldierfundraiser.com/clients/a/af/af293656121fcb8b60a8c910089dd81c/File/40032466028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/belotifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sca-kc.net/scauserfiles/files/44887996161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88tgfpk6gsb5r5ha7pm14acl00/mutokavumaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea224b5aaf---62912208155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feuerwehrobrigheim.de/upload/files/58708732856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-serviss.lv/userfiles/file/gitotado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansing.nl/userfiles/file/80904172978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5cf7a7cbec---jonusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuquytravel.com/nguyenvanlinh/files/lukomakuxunajidafun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca307d7717---83392719393.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_off0000da6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f27f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27F 17188 bytes
SHA-256: f248727cec57903d136edfc71489b9b1f7b6814c2cc08e6895deef9ef4cd5f0e
font_02_sfnt_off00011ead.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EAD 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 8d8e82664c482d872939e9992d41aeb2075b7e4973cfaaf2c666db6bd1f92bbd