Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4823805d9155c28b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:17:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 101bfe9b6aa5c426465b4fbc488300d5 SHA-1: 8f3cf051bca67376c7c087aad566023ec6372f42 SHA-256: 4823805d9155c28b3a1355ffb447e03fb535727f6f3573919b6d492351684c80
112 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute additional malicious content. The document also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious payloads or phish for credentials. The presence of invoice-related language reinforces the lure aspect of the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+desmalezadora+truper+des-63 PDF link annotation
    • http://schokoladenfontaene.de/idata/62002386175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5067a36759c67919421378e23562f344/donujevaliguvutisiledari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b8ab650fb0---39522064617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4a61640a25---nilumabobefinugegaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/68599453733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xuwefuroku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieusangducphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/46518887956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grossfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/00/00c8ca1d7e0432e0ca4c178cf0a97985/File/95248196733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irishvaughans.com/clients/7/7c/7cfe0b8ff6d5e3136a6575a9b258a09c/File/riteberamolitawodowuxipef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/neguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsse.cl/files/dedarugigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrenickels.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31328414863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e804c3e667---91918663443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/53114792077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solsethreunion.com/clients/f/f5/f56c6d7ba488b74ef40bd02d3fc4d0b2/File/jenitelinosopetirasizaked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottenburger.com/userfiles/file/14999533405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepebixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belhasasecurity.com/userfiles/file/mobijij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeremypourstarlight.com/clients/5/53/539822683240d2210db56c0084569a8b/File/gekaxutulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/50529193373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/23618439795.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_off0000de08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE08 19216 bytes
SHA-256: 43c0a7296d1841316bf65328bfb3c278b6d8d83084f413b65da76fa91195b5fa
font_01_sfnt_off000110be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110BE 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 31b71660241318513680d58e47161414e8bbae36074401e634fc063717032460
font_02_sfnt_off00012a58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1