Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 297ffa68e6eb6976…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:09:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2276ae39708c95e44464f39c2db7afb5 SHA-1: e7cf39af7968235d4dab1a155593fe7856f06321 SHA-256: 297ffa68e6eb69769fa4b8bccec234126e903b493d78128bdd13073046fb7848
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The primary intent appears to be redirecting users via JavaScript to external URLs, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-7-15/20210715171305863075.pdf
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac9e7a6fec6d507edc2011a02a731bd5/4960385745.pdf
    • http://lmleadmanagement.com/userfiles/files/99324749919.pdf
    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/files/rezegovavazupajukoxude.pdf
    • https://www.bbmnetlicitacoes.com.br/cms/ckfinder/upload/files/mibijedurotep.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e9ce55cb481c7357985861451678eeb/77417404765.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2f926b688---67279985494.pdf
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/xolipow.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6281027bcc034d19b597e0cc1e473b1/jurawolixijuterotatuku.pdf
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5cf7706b39---tilezilulemipibo.pdf
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608986aa400fc---81837955143.pdf
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3298d66945---76597599554.pdf
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d32247c9c366faae6ebe315a6f84ff9e/selefovulisi.pdf
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609291635c176---25670747588.pdf
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094203d1eb33---wanekeza.pdf
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/pukuxir.pdf
    • http://patroha.hu/file/18909166916.pdf
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff92d28bc2a7311f064c50439ad1579f/gurexutabip.pdf
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/62824810674.pdf
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b204128fd---jirazabumabovevunepu.pdf
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/zuvipivoles.pdf
    • http://santamariamikado.com/uploads/files/puzowaful.pdf
    • https://www.jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15784488432.pdf
    • https://askisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xezijodiwavoluv.pdf
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/zusenuvomagi.pdf
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/va0s5kn5v76catitnp32hkpbhi/48917764446.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=irregular+preterite+verbs+spanish+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0ed.bin
1b9cdcceba5313c639925e1cb4ce0a62269c066aaeac9792e22b09969a2845ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0ED 10912 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109a8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121ba.bin
3ca7ce0e7767e1912e4acc75fb2878d7dc7c043b34740adb6bcc465aecb6d1cf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121BA 20432 bytes