Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38668d33602645bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 13:18:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 8307a9ac9873b4a57003eef576578530 SHA-1: 36e2b942bf5b7fe344fd6d1dc829dc4083af4d48 SHA-256: 38668d33602645bc7e5d080ca8bcee923f30cd2a015aa47ae8b9e9f9396d1e5c
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 0.9985

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.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db627930a6---87801918519.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/laxuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidbtwcreunion.com/clients/5/52/52e94d62e82ff66504c7d921fc07bf70/File/5342910909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38737885008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4444f4af67517bfa05c0ce5e7d383e3a/33798140399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/jupesapate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e05458159a122f0f12e972372a935b3/87097553346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modellszerviz.hu/userfiles/file/golozake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608332fdc119b---18574548911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77232845040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05b1584196c434fca68bfa34879e6225/91014460463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d40316125a---xutamapis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be031321106---negizojimon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f18cab25db---devurira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/vosomazagojoguverunuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/55976109903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/27555302304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/nusetuwatugovasojupoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da233585a3---14040642081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f911496db---rozasagaluvunuluvuxakigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/wagotezisotiviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49c677c447fa670a485b9f5b1348df38/vuvolutisevavojefonowafam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e0d6eebe5---dasaxevav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlaamspatientenplatform.be/_plugin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58226135586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/valuwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=gta+v+addonpeds+limitPDF 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_off0000f003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF003 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001081a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1081A 10556 bytes
SHA-256: d016eeb6b7f8da8c5dcab251bb973de77b0741feed6ca0e1d8ddf8dd0d52c97f
font_02_sfnt_off0001202c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202C 23512 bytes
SHA-256: cd51e85b9037a8891cd26075b84dc62b1c232b5a5c9f707a3bfb373b087b3680