Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 248c4e02e03b307a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:31:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d7f0a74997e2d2ea2365aab567ce3429 SHA-1: fe76caf0336a37f8ad8b9edbf1524316e23fec6e SHA-256: 248c4e02e03b307a7174847cf5e38c24d21255f7406ffee42df89642c9de0d0a
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads suggests an effort to obscure the true destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuwami.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133031190027---nenobubavoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/52805896441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabini.it/userfiles/files/18402671259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgwealthplanner.com/crm/files/39434361666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackyrouxmethode.com/userfiles/file/zumutujakoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaustabilo.com/contents/files/gukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brihat-group.com/assets/userfiles/files/zarexalesip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9a6566982393d268312cc4c51aa4334/90386650130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161415b37caa12---xewojuwilajajafuxuzulolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/kukezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304139d8084---25218493310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaushalacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74501780547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/mejosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myflora888.com/ck_files/files/17395604698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/berasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tarnava.eu/user_images/file/mogutijenevomibovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanawupolebuviwevuwepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanereluxojejipiganozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trufeel.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/uploadfile/files/83723072108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hermosabeachbungalows.com/userfiles/files/28393647261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.ir/images/upload/files/pepolirepiperajulojuvuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xemuxowemig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=order+my+steps+in+your+word+lyrics+by+kirk+franklinPDF link annotation
    • https://cakamuzejs.riga.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21619218803.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_off0000b02f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB02F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c841.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC841 14004 bytes
SHA-256: 55f70a068d73d75830de8ebe27009b93beaf307f42748a2bf837c247f5050217
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB13 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 69971fa2ce1fcf62c404aa701830c55cd50e828712d0fe719db0013b9657f267