Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1de322ebc0bcff74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 06:25:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: edc5f9ab53c5812f0a7f5fe9b779cd49 SHA-1: 3e197cc84f24979d9add0f6ff54a6c6045fe4742 SHA-256: 1de322ebc0bcff748cf141ad58a526ff803e5f50b798886876ea4ef1201c0340
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 sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to further malicious sites. The primary goal appears to be directing users to external, potentially compromised, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://technimexvn.com/images/ckeditor/files/vukovopuwubi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/nowavogaxuxuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/gukazozobevabadafukulopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335c3100a2c---78524308523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34697889081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fukikoligizodewopemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverksakuten.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50876291476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastrodibaglio.it/userfiles/files/bexafapumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/wuretifaxutotojajudos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents/files/doromuburomurafifuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuacuonbentre.com/upload/files/69819188062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613530b62537f---zerir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxbotanika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mijijedanugibizoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/2424249933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/laziwugamazupinulobeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreuma.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64379828627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambres-hotes-aube-bleue.fr/userfiles/file/92962751809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlevitin.ru/fck_editor_files/files/37883294407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ol2d4t00tmt2kjvitp2lknds3/pizajiwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urotunisia.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/30107148872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/lizomesonupowiwamitugiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacgl.org/upload/editor/file/tujozitagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147da5a674e4---xuzinon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16835268582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/vobotasozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=javafx+mobile+androidPDF 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_off0000c57f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC57F 17840 bytes
SHA-256: a6201473a8b1d978f217637ca11a67aeab45c0bb69158ed7533c1a28986656c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f42d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C44 10548 bytes
SHA-256: b5d497d7ccc2b4793de9009205e37c6df139bd5a6f55803ebc2a9a8be8bf1a96