Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1001705884e1ccb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-08-09 17:55:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4fa0065c66f6f5c4a79771ec29a4f54d SHA-1: 9bdf6fef802f3d5b3a9263b3db46789e8eaa9f46 SHA-256: 1001705884e1ccb33942956c139ba681ac9d33f3baa083c1bce98bf7ca3cb3fe
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm, likely to improve search engine ranking for malicious content or to distribute further payloads. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the conclusion that it is designed for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=temperamentos+transformados+pdf+download+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/mopatuvimalarebutob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemicalengineers.ie/images/99727363640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/zojolarenakiwixex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/13395393299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/44313798169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlikefulproductions.com/clients/875850/File/7455365408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66c12b67e92d9892319a628feb6e45bb/55962854726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5c2d011d98---sarekuzizimipuliwiputasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/37021728909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e595063c6be1c95edca92eb5315c584/21737652555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f96ebadc96a2162ca48bffebd8be3af/xudemozezalasuxojosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/5087678768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pnlvp2l04f1mqocu0e2jf1p1ug/pekisomofogosinoneziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/mipuvasufufuzikejamekuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/2444092466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc48b9b421a---nerel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movementlab.dk/userfiles/file/36069281902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/41163049509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/194f5eaba9b062bf75bdfaec59a02343/besifewitunefolugufilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/58553459378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/kisusexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westleyden72reunion.com/clients/4/46/469dc9162705cbff2d1fbe132f144f37/File/72718884060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinda.ru/pics/images/file/60128485543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000100b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B1 21296 bytes
SHA-256: 418ed0662925defb11129c264df1b2697588843a7d58c6b9d528df74da2269ba
font_01_sfnt_off000133eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014c02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C02 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 1d414470bf92db56afc1d19ec34aebdb295ecd42b71a197b1e7b0ba5456b8d8f