Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fafa903fdbf42b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:58:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 38ee0db4b12b294a7a872cdf05c8bb62 SHA-1: caa9b4855214beb94a78d81ecee7247e99686365 SHA-256: 1fafa903fdbf42b67b5f5176935c73558975406f28645f5e027b3b4e97d56ede
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to download further payloads or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.epicbrands.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/003defd5abe002149c38a5b4c460d17e/kiwuxune.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lobi.md/userfiles/file/mogimawebakibol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/79529392997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c72695230f8e2736a1016a27dc78082/jonizamepijeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e4efeca74793ee0e22eb4f309f9a2be/8736640347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f9e09031cc8dc1f24352c386ac71344/vugetiporexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161254a91b3df2---97758368872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b33dfcb806---4551046878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce2a7f1fdfa9b25dfe06f0161d9b4897/62020495990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/wenerelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deforma.it/userfiles/files/sasizijibek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e499c3ba6320884c2fe637474295d81/81240438943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356b0a9741f---21500173541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/87979685279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printsolutions.ro/uploads/wysiwyg/files/45952228154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kotojizukefararirexoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/mazivavilanuletas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunakanyarfesto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jekebiwovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broorybulldogs.com/clients/33993/File/motefejevowelosavubuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/17474614052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fibaragadefuvekodiserof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moderncarrent.com/user_img/files/87833304123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/nigalejil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/51481965547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=poultry+vaccination+schedule+in+nigeria+pdfPDF 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_off0000e397.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE397 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 8916acd1791d07d6a654a7dabe04e9b9aaa555d865d7b0c689564aca100e801c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001159e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1159E 18540 bytes
SHA-256: 656222d025f20d4f2097a9df2346f3a44f94b0a4868eb0ed26111232ad2bc3a2