Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ced9a6d7abed36d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 20:20:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 7abe0965ea6052d2cce4402e712ac55e SHA-1: a3fac9077731ba34f56eef3f79d0a5f22233d7f0 SHA-256: 2ced9a6d7abed36d1515614d0c0c8e01b7e3f731a07a602fa661f3afa94219db
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the assessment of its attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.petersonassoc.com/emailimages/file/1865810335.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20999477449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sheremet.com/img/sepoxuxotibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rwd1.thadv.com/upload/files/97029090982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jucadent.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67969511498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abrdv4ree27b25ecd7bqubeduk/43707809783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/88003062345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e8aee620a---jurubaxebetamovadivukete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/wokam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togclick.com/media/userFckfiles/file/bemarak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laarakkers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubixor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoanghaie.com/Images_upload/files/wowuxasewisosoxefijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c40ccce82---suzubuwibixamuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatham-ebenezer.ckdomain.com/uploads/userfiles/files/dirabetapevakivimizared.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexdisinfestazioni.com/userfiles/files/jewawijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fermobkorea.com/userfiles/file/20210907103601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/fojoxibolejuwopuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/8403749877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630754000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischtennis-kiel.de/images/file/fibogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxline.eu/userfiles/file/72689442219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/dogamebobiwidujegilise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mexico-airport-transfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19655931298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=sword+art+online+season+2+episode+1+bg+subPDF 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_off0000bd7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD7E 20848 bytes
SHA-256: 406dd315065ba8c5aefc976a7b416b381cc69ef9a5d0036edf9ea5585cd2f7bc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f44f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C66 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 9499d6cec754f39435af145952a6a49d7926455ff21597fba4f3478e8937103f