Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a945833bf21a430…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:58:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7ac2c7723fa3954f27389e5d700aaecf SHA-1: b57765a90438fe46ac78974a9d7d6e4056e898c2 SHA-256: 4a945833bf21a4308715d2e244909b345e5e9b2a21eaa5b20b5b142d17cdac97
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to redirect the user to malicious sites or download further payloads.

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://cpils.com/userfiles/file/82284740490.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be29b9f89c1fa4421d40c074db0870f5/91174748766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/99011617751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c677f1dca---90495616144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/3869915263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd53156f42---sosekewelulotixop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/8102024797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eric-parnes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67575906562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857505ceb60---ledixajukizijadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/34600957003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/zulenixuzevewusexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maurovalleferroarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/xumoxapogixiwufawimiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316baf6e2b9---37594989039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e8e0f0f9646405994a5fcc2338928e0/jimile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gatapanekekazaxijubugade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arket.io/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34baqmrh5nj6qq6imd2ilt82oe/1327957620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/pemedesukupupupolavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bftvjm44qiq19qc45tkr509on/51231055416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/34437344842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dytac.hk/userfiles/mosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31f866be5582f7343e41f24c44b34263/3730201865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d1b81a0a0---67932381443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/FCKeditor/file/30903876029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=foisonnement+du+sable+pdfPDF 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_off0000c3fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3FC 20564 bytes
SHA-256: 4d7a35c24890a09c56e9b3004927449f98f24569779f065d7147f40c8f6982a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f89b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF89B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B2 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 148bbe442cf1144093a04bbb5d6cd72fdb18c0cfcb45954000c0a3e42fa25d0e