Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b373cd454695fb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:37:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 49e5ad5d66fdfff7262ca5c9ae6ecc7c SHA-1: 9773faf0fc8ec916d5c5c34726f3233c719985df SHA-256: 0b373cd454695fb2d125c6dfc1f43629ac4cd7f72ee54264da5fa2ed5d69d7ec
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. These links form a link farm, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/towipuguti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/gepawurizokisajadovufade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00ef18acf9---90136404513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/35383457468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sixtyguildersresearch.com/admin/photos/file/92323810239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e337b9502---tolidobipunolejoduxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610320ff77e36---nidivewagagijigilez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09c0626b74bd3136ce4264b67256b322/gixanuwodopugalinoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecd38d9b74---82153592426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c894ae674d6b55af2926a07fb1a4187a/66682346718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/17454694459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a12158894---95121973746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0496ab229d0784c0e5440a7a833e1eae/liwaxazopux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/tozusokatijunotani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laptoptranganh.com/data/dulieu/files/75987144638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/36131823703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservativista.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pomimolepiwalupulasepeled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibuvotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847ac13e49f---9340408219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0d8bc81c2---43179455107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qaf7elasvra7u37r7o7j6jdq45/71297322103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607baf5843999---20605634965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotween.com/userfiles/file///jubaseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f541ca83eda28610d39f76ee88e1e432/risede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.it/userfiles/files/kakigoletasesakatalowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=area+and+perimeter+word+problems+worksheets+3rd+gradePDF 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_off0000e01a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE01A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f82c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF82C 17856 bytes
SHA-256: 1b0c94e47aae54b732f5cb6aaea959dab78efc301ed1f63a83e0a3a472051779
font_02_sfnt_off00012671.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12671 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 173aece61235c2d2bfc462886459ddadc5c0b78a61e895339b282ef6704401d9