Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3148d14968bb5ec4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:47:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dba054a1b42e0ca8bbea64999642004e SHA-1: 71a9557595b5b917eaa8cab8459c875dd656f3ce SHA-256: 3148d14968bb5ec43ee07dba8b2fe9b0abe8c62815ed2f1c99ab30568c560308
112 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and links to external content hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to deliver a malicious payload. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack pattern. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the overall structure points to a downloader or exploit delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/4574100293.pdf
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/dekuja.pdf
    • http://www.sana-anong.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/wepevone.pdf
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372e994a649---11806287631.pdf
    • http://itfkarnataka.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/55932881229.pdf
    • http://theloanwala.com/userfiles/file/webapujolaxemobakebut.pdf
    • https://romalasergroup.com/userfiles/files/22722196430.pdf
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/tavowofad.pdf
    • https://eastmanllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14330546895.pdf
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3701d2a29f512d35e03f51825724c72/gefusewuripepoz.pdf
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/mitaguzamomazij.pdf
    • https://phongkhamtamthan.net/uploadeditor/files/92225241607.pdf
    • https://www.agcontraincendios.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29452526234.pdf
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/51111978719.pdf
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/wekafipoziku.pdf
    • https://reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xapanufemurije.pdf
    • http://avvocatogiuliani.it/userfiles/files/xuxiretabogivu.pdf
    • http://kammatrans.com/userfiles/files/76561988527.pdf
    • https://zzwgjx.com/d/files/69144000086.pdf
    • http://sinoorchids.com/image/file/foxunawalum.pdf
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161444906b9e53---46188597087.pdf
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210902011453.pdf
    • https://digireg.com/upload/dopivabibizuketutofimebir.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=game+shadow+fight+2+mod+level+max
    • 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_off0000dc0c.bin
3d76e3128c4254870416075ae428223806dab2ca81dba657fc2c03c20809d1b4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC0C 11008 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f597.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF597 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010da9.bin
950167edba55494c437bb7d6f964e6805b709d115ff74dbee09cbc41457b0347
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DA9 17564 bytes