Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b19621669d8cdfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 06:13:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5c24947aff44ec648c7c04794e90a3be SHA-1: cbe95b69da79f0de55e54011e9685532902d0664 SHA-256: 0b19621669d8cdfc00d7363d9423b4d567300dfee49c2a1502882c0680707d1e
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the conclusion that it is intended to lead users to potentially harmful sites. No specific family was identified, but the techniques suggest a downloader or redirector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://ypperfect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kunedaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/likisulowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05fd3c15d36909e4368ff55a6acd6325/xejakigebisifurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210627082152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/14926422389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608baed242835---sekilekulaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3abde94402a4671ab380e86a2aa4881/15375045010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65221af4d1---rinukeruxegutumanepudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/44402095842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35in5g102obscotjsehsemfua0/38992665301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57551510321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uors69qisq76vkk4iveiff4tdd/37002244615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68e61c6a37085964a1cc154ad91d9b20/lojitojimovaripafijepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91734fe2f878d2047f42a867805ff5a9/54012131831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bd77b8758---27588335441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608036f712626---kiwudisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a22e93f2153cc3f2a531548f2c276f81/sefumepedibokimanofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a517e1b30---rusadezigulubawoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tb9dfmi9dlh7sfr1u8gq7bqqg5/gakudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6eaa569112---sowamuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmickino.ru/sadm_files/fumadujoluxapug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945da531715---digiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f88b582f5c---86297875778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=christ+forgiveness+ministriesPDF 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_off0000cc95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AC 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 0b67a24b403b677994f4da4e9dbe19dfe1c79f015430e25139a95d8e0b370823
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC99 16568 bytes
SHA-256: 70b376879d115ad1244f6ce40017c75d5c3f7d5000b9f6490faef121b18e37d7