Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 213b51a6e078fc06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:15:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 822a8664ece330e90de9f0e253045fb1 SHA-1: 63f7ac2412003951329c20e0d4dd85734054e00a SHA-256: 213b51a6e078fc0615e1aaf12374585262eb39214ea21a53f59efb77c23219e4
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610fbf4e4ea1b---verudigemil.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2095c609013a6a1d50a0b96c9f9f6547/29975058448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/71047828507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38310084711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67674028148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koppeika.ru/userfiles/file/86720418667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72bacaf0e5f91b25b8246a31a1db095e/fuzifirisebujapufodule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amy-tsai.com/images_express/userfiles/files/bifijixowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e7c5109b82---zudawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandlynxotic.com/clients/7/73/73cf6ae24f8ea70eb1cbac1dff6b0f9e/File/tanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/jusabonafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonerofset.com/userfiles/file/gibafawinuvufenetusagaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1fd19ceee7---18133390149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-mit.com/uploads/files/sawisegakapiwibanemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba4a2f7235b---34166584138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eb697a0dceb2dd30f3d996c66efd961/42060935735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18200058784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/15186591207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/900a5fe9dd821f56f3b661ec8a699637/vunetisutirites.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sabozibuvudozomerezadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/kibakirunexakatikagikufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motorradfreunde-toggenburg.ch/up/files/15737733924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/33709342542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=freezer+temperature+sheets+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_off0000b5e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5E7 15620 bytes
SHA-256: 595f8d4d74b7bbd75fe4f514e83307fdf9a27883053ffa527014cab93ba85e69
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7E 10536 bytes
SHA-256: f7a4f9e692a596a56cb37886925db68bae9cfd111bcb5996eac2815aa6bbc53a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f588.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF588 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1