Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 201ab2a41a464122…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 11:53:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f9e0533c69e528837b50e1b76930a5fe SHA-1: f5bd9df8ba8f7ca0ef5bc2becc0f0dd1268ccb8a SHA-256: 201ab2a41a4641225faaf657a10026869144bb23542a5f8e915c06aa2b416822
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or raw IP addresses. The heuristic firings indicate that this PDF is designed as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/003237f41ee9485f6d2cb3a88d893b24/muvapot.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://211.129.1.225/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzaxakapuxewavo.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fef680123c---27958832481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/tutekorew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://27061010.com/uploads/files/202109131030398021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikixebosulobewijewofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/gogoguwasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62928734990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gc86lj1rvd94q92aqnc63neb4/gituluvudubetujepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021914555205512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613449ba91bf8---kasesiwutapolojomanilidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbeach.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/26038795179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f26sa5mlmv9md51n4s1t23b9g5/gakajusitigiwalonovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diennuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/riguwogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/sibiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tidoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1680c10f1---talefibinajeruzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lozadakuduguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acevina.com/webroot/img/files/60126988558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.pl/galeria/file/pulanarinowegasusor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/60291723817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshuka.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jidafelarekokugiler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijn-nederland.nl/userfiles/file/97261518109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=trade+me+app+for+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_off0000ed94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED94 10308 bytes
SHA-256: eccf7f5e40551169194a89b7e1cae38e83a8eaf868f4c20018cbb8c155a9d0ba
font_01_sfnt_off000104ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AB 17180 bytes
SHA-256: bda1be34d9e0e1dd63cf3cefc793f6cf5b46916f7e556d38049b690067ee33bf
font_02_sfnt_off000130fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1