Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e9818201b891409…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-13 22:55:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: abe49e94d4f5990ca6e82f24fdfc1a58 SHA-1: 025cc1d223bc02373551f8a2597ce4de6ca60ac6 SHA-256: 1e9818201b8914098e9910fe059ff676fd3993bea963831908e29194a5700331
112 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads. These links form a link farm designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d07f0f4e4---50456166476.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/pezaxewavapigesokagedudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d41d8aaa3b---lajogufan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/lujolowape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadq3ae7aa5k.xn--p1ai/upload/file/jisoxadawuridivexewirogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/69087352040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086566631f30---96792429544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ace2a3d8a7---sananiveturerawoxiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/38967490122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f75af5193ebe436d32840376c41eeccb/80671814505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/37234593778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d557d3915---nivapisamezukusaxujoxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0dd85573f---39024298681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutstudio.it/userfiles/file/57788056302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b434844bd1e---jebodipedipavetifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qg4gcokbg7oojgpuiuco1eree2/xanuxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vecfvaemb5egdvgtaedui7t335/33183791801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/jadinuzimafapilunumakuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galantemontagnana.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22565515118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082779a633c6---81811622661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://collegemahan.ir/basefile/collegemahanir/files/28356891504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harissarantis.com/userfiles/files/87356676016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77cf55717f09eadac1a5412214208671/39910730656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b142be6a95b---gidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=rrb+ntpc+questions+and+answers+pdf+2021PDF 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_off0000f9fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9FB 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 550aa01381613aeff2f625d45152d7803db3f8b1c943d386518c8e79345a4e8e
font_01_sfnt_off000126e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126E4 11380 bytes
SHA-256: f187e92e19b62aed05d3e4962355aa8fa1487c7eba3671e36abf2f9ec870ece6
font_02_sfnt_off00014196.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14196 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1