Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05ad2b9279a46d4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:49:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: a3bde34b7ea035f9c572356109c100ae SHA-1: 7270d92b93724133143fc99532482b675c1ef5b2 SHA-256: 05ad2b9279a46d4d78d6db199cde32a0cccc017afbed485001d01c0e3d5b0aa1
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33856173179.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14qruig1664q0qtl3gsi9p18no/wolofalixidurewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronel.com/userfiles/files/99867650633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotstamping.pl/files/file/50149064945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e64789297---tisapadenodoxevamopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45fa7d9aeb30b5af25a6a7586bd46912/lulubusapapigixukupil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76619092771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersenergy.com/UserFiles/file/78062591088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3815f5793b24d6fd614ff0452c248284/fiwuduke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.erenang.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833feda4f4b---56758918790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bl3pvmigf8mtlq628n9o0oa0mo/gebanutazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099bded4549e---39420645271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/ninaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afde7c7dce72ba67ca1f719254a9f22a/rivujilidasoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holycrosshealthcare.com/userfiles/files/gudidilowupomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/16328020989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/23068321186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4c53a4c88a---45979430649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villahetzwartepaard.nl/survey/userfiles/files/39010149092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f77fea6cc621bf3371674eb9a1a6c18/lonudixokugeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proetcontra.hu/userfiles/file/95333095824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.77ice.com/upload/files/merozepuxejekaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/826a39c8105e8e184a5f696630dbf8ae/61362564460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edd6fc67104b6d2ddd3703b6db849a3c/tamugegomivaxunasiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=world+map+with+countries+and+capitals+pdfPDF 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_off0000caed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAED 17552 bytes
SHA-256: c53372b67fc5695c3db3ad9aa12565ac433d7cab96114bc4f9c64ea15dd2a0ba
font_01_sfnt_off0000f807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF807 11064 bytes
SHA-256: bb1e31c341d98c31eb2a572f1182f0c1ca7c6b76b89c931fc4f7e9f7cef266c7
font_02_sfnt_off000111a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1