Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0890b9f63a82768e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:14:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d5a6a2e71dcafc0aab6e2f0014090d46 SHA-1: 0f6966e9b3d107f4e4f306c2f6a63f908c39c8b0 SHA-256: 0890b9f63a82768edeba6b5c4b3d5288bcf86b7199135a31eadb7f3ee4d10d27
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with a high-confidence heuristic identifying a link to an algorithmically-generated URL. Several other links point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users. The ML classifier also flagged the PDF as malicious, supporting the assessment of a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/fivaxisajivuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84d8ffc205f655d0fc2dec2374df2f1d/1800032262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2ctrading.org/cms_upload/files/xevimapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3bed782223b5ece656da0fc0cc3fd81/44560829472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160934aa81d613---79865570179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c859ee74fa7---jatitudesedetaseve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/820762019af75fad6acc93e166f62d7e/nusagimusapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francoisdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6456627937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/24152034698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/58982812971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d444934d19---38230355588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.77ice.com/upload/files/54680635142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/37640667072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/benarisinilujejobagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungcungoaigiao.net/uploads/files/99046602917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rougeindigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51108744989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1984wnhs.com/clients/2/25/250e0aaa51dad033202e6c34d8602b4d/File/jeligew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/15138195716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/wivelesabipunavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8366b707a4b3e8fa0935306e065fcae5/xaxariloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116b8ec6a0b5---vobena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatimaartwork.com/userfiles/file/zimojavoguzebepafurojoper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+jpg+my+imagePDF 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
stream_002_off0000d09f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xD09F 10668 bytes
SHA-256: b812c7f584d7831eaa880cca9e6360312ae9e3cfce4e769815b11e298798116f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E4 17376 bytes
SHA-256: f787bf3b96056cd77fa731fa98fc0492562c324780e9c75c17cfa5b4509b90a0
font_02_sfnt_off00011580.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11580 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1