Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa1773d2abafdad4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-15 12:43:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a8f157b563e3ec9788f3c032da1aa0ad SHA-1: 1d6c0ced1b338cd26125455418152baf6af6cbb9 SHA-256: fa1773d2abafdad41d841ddf631c9b15372f5093bb025ca8c4aa8d5a3a78bd83
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm, directing users to multiple external PDF files hosted on compromised websites. This technique is often used for SEO poisoning or to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS upload directories supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 5

  • 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://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13532309d2a1d7d5fdb8761afe077cfe/55259538016.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/35793293624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/folutamojinemiboxanoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alugutader.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rixinajisesipilomes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabinetortodontyczny.eu/userfiles/file/72506201281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b01mjitvp1h1e6j8ua2vkclebh/63437052178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticahighclassof78.com/clients/8/89/89c70e22fe5ad1405280b455f64975d7/File/lefawodosopusivemiperipon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/wizabuledawoxatofajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relocationservicesgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a91810191---52875024372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/11145243122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23485423425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realestatespoznan.com/uploads/82417777142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/salomezutofawegobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609153e1148c3---jemilotozadaxisabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebell-city.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafulubejurixedafufisojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607353c9d05d2---54284438185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucsangtrong.com/plus/files/witodezufezubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technocom.pl/editor/file/dadakukexoxutenerivuwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfj841vf9plqv9rj9g037197l1/lowulatuzejelewesupamul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3ff656599---wisobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609052a8f12c1---vafoxuzav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/voputidapugejonuzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/80198899004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/geveranu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ed7526535---nosexobazefevag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=problemas+de+multiplicacion+de+dos+cifras+para+quinto+gradoPDF 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_off0000e523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE523 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 7b2a17c307ee6b361f1a036e7c3a5224d0aa2539a41b8f7ab03396eb75efde3a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11726 18512 bytes
SHA-256: af73751be191cfbbab5f130b38f4805d097c3b0f28835181848f62cff5c97f13