Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 378254373becad4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-08-03 18:11:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2e5e5c8ac1714ac894a52334fed0bded SHA-1: 8e6cf6ad29af1d3fb3780d42a931140e076c09b6 SHA-256: 378254373becad4cd99308a6e39b2fee0f2631394caff1d8685004707333674e
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs, which are characteristic of link farms used for SEO manipulation or to host further malicious content. The presence of external links also suggests a potential initial access vector via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.kilincsweb.hu/fileok/file/lukuburib.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04b210f3885d80724bbe8950eb632501/tafigiboboxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/dopev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db35091951629bfa3f61a395cafc6c76/93783467845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areawifi.com/DESARROLLO/userfiles/files/lagagofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/42988105315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad31fa7c4f36641c61e6ce1ee5319d8a/35429202999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/godapafajusuzitaxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19daeb9544---soxulizukurapogogalasalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/zofogeladu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sam-global.info/files/file/64293950258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/xipobotikepuzatofoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hs3vm1lt2pccmoiu2jmpssftf4/23564921708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grotech.in/userfiles/file/polukevik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avondale61.com/clients/e/e2/e25739fb73bf6f2fbed92e75d980d6c5/File/59587668542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/rafolitav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/76948798203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/pajejosuwejami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badoza.net/userfiles/file/86180433991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/lixowobogexewuzek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jodazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snsi.jp/image/news_file/41891253570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=schlage+keypad+lock+locked+outPDF 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_off0000f1d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D6 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 2c3c604cd1ad01dc4deb6fc54b81a71d978f83a40c52d93e66d6a88e12de7f35
font_01_sfnt_off00010a74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A74 17072 bytes
SHA-256: cdcc15e75f8de0b3e095b1e862b84f8e391f504ec9b08e4fd8a0303289836b4d
font_02_sfnt_off0001370e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1370E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1