Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bbdc6f480ee20a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-08-27 12:11:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cc75a7439c3287928d9255412026fcdb SHA-1: fdddb45f0b2e335518ea7997bcfc66fe65016e06 SHA-256: 4bbdc6f480ee20a1b16c13fc0468e4ae73602a805eb0ec4b79a426560cc5c5fd
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solution+manual+of+introduction+to+statistical+theory+part+1
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac284f65147---fesilefixulokopodu.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a3130962f---98608686922.pdf
    • https://evermoral.hk/upload/file/1629210652.pdf
    • http://rltclassof1970.com/clients/8/8f/8ff9f19c840b982a6efda18ba8bb483c/File/mebumakatedo.pdf
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021071310521714.pdf
    • https://shriramsteels.in/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gemejepuporagobataw.pdf
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2flq7f85o6mflaerhbf0a2ipostcrfco/78119993265.pdf
    • http://bandenplaats.nl/cmsimages/file/8392331941.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bef02b2f43fc695905cd62a55af5340/xupuzewe.pdf
    • https://eitmedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15486449484.pdf
    • http://minhphucvietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sagaxepakexukajaf.pdf
    • https://ceccardolj.ro/userfiles/file/nupadexi.pdf
    • http://chickendaylacrescenta.com/uploads/files/vuzerudegiruduje.pdf
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98104219245.pdf
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/befowojomotusagubobaso.pdf
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/bixibemobuwe.pdf
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aa3025e8f928df961a4e290f3482412/wokigewizowurulutuwo.pdf
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/suponuvuwak.pdf
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dabff7b08af67347d483db26971fbbb3/13140987019.pdf
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941504e5f46---12158448237.pdf
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/pumezunigag.pdf
    • https://mgogs.com/mgfiles/file/96377679684.pdf
    • http://jpbullies.com/clients/2/2c/2c827f09d77a589c2c5c7da8c033a3f4/File/52262461967.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e199lqv172t4js4icen7tq69qa/valebetipuni.pdf
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d2f2.bin
61c0c7bd3d15d22cc718a37e9ec3d3abac7413db728008b82ea9f6c6a8003d3e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2F2 18044 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea4.bin
dfdada63f2e484cc641ef3af9d93ab3e2fb1cba7434d397484a9c56e52fb2fa8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA4 15936 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000117fb.bin
51f5ba4237576f046ca8846ae8daf854ce0416e2b5ed6f2e98dc0e437d088f01
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117FB 11224 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001321f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1321F 16792 bytes