Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 215ab142c27d8d12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:17:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f3d8dfe5e1b8a98bc346e565ddeea405 SHA-1: 96fbf2e9796464c1e50f6b232cb39cdbd91aa67f SHA-256: 215ab142c27d8d12984576c6ddfbdb4615c2a79f6b9dac8c917103ad5978084e
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and numerous external URLs are present, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. These factors suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dropbox+download+pdf+to+iphone PDF link annotation
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609521babe4c7---pemedudirulesuvif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vm2fu0816d1e9ttn6cnoo6e6j0/33214877376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b08b53d171f---19810521368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/99724599654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q34m8oddhkpm0ebq22ptj9vnt/kitejukaverimumekokoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9bf338a559---79192918441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arket.io/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6r8v9bknb1tomr3cl43d0baj1o/nipim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daximikirupuzom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a0c885fc2129cdf2b328abe508d4476/13450668188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protrialse.eu/files/files/xudogozatadejatuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98182719277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grancom.by/upload/docs/92346661194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/gunigubufexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e65808089b---xalilupijamamogoruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a9a091004---17367703878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/30982496347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents/files/49667280480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4eeb3c18ac7890a8be314ad171bf51a/buxopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8nkph35qle291fm72n708ij902/85739629648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/tapuvulasuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/518a18bcc6173f0e5a6e4a31fd2c61ee/voposipotiwizakisubijexen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/binigesavajuguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/37539021579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qqmatb2a0bcopcecd7tff9p17/37663079014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b7b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD0 10756 bytes
SHA-256: d5ef4ab3d377e261c5dfd20137ec9ba6383040f912d50d268a24f27d17bbcc27
font_02_sfnt_off0000e845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE845 15084 bytes
SHA-256: c4876ce54c60f7ba809f0a9679a31c0e52adc90e1b1d6ac84d0612c4edabbbf8