Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29c8a8cb9547a633…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:30:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c56c8bfc3b27257b54f9a1fde0a22e70 SHA-1: 0cf5fa8866f107f2212aa00364b0597a9d1f5f26 SHA-256: 29c8a8cb9547a6337e75647c6bff2dda95c4e499a23a403ca5097a1bd24bcb6d
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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=prayer+before+you+go+to+sleep PDF link annotation
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giustizianuova.it/userfiles/file/74009484272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriailgalloelinnamorata.com/userfiles/files/sulugelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qzgj.cn/upload/file/beloxejofukopibafuxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giaiphapthietke.vn/media/file/files/10128031079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fed4a1aa6---93216776656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezimifegafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/pizugor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union-montage.pl/userfiles/file/2069188807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mlbu1htgi8paqcsbacnargjdu7/53870245904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66271397575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abroadster.com/files/siful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/nuwakiladejozudujojosod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preciz.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/45817314726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4bb7d3b30ad1b4420b684f720a4ebf2/zuguluxirites.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baozhaopharma.com/upload/files/wikimolegabebuzef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b43c331be---tekefuxakafigatuwasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qpshouse.com/upload/image/file/49994868286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkrmuqnhkmuje45g3svlqa5cb6/mubezezaseterug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netlandschool.cl/files/lutaluxenakenasesugesiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d247fdeb28e---11968433204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/97824741302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/dobalobejomiwawi.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_off000120d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D1 19232 bytes
SHA-256: ab2ac45be866eb2273f727e328fa63d983eb207053939006bcdce20bcf77960b
font_01_sfnt_off0001530a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1530A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016b21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B21 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 9d387e330bada32c45866cb69b79e134ca140477b6280e28f6dfa972c85ee997