Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c06b16cdb7d005d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-07-05 00:52:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 329a61702f4aee79788715af26458f5d SHA-1: 97b245014e5d51cdf81879d53057fbd24c156fb2 SHA-256: 4c06b16cdb7d005d08615601165c636748f275dd7c379c5f917ba26a816b28e4
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0815f73247---semozuzavemuzijogosud.pdf
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/juluretufozaregor.pdf
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608494bf6a88f---56476219759.pdf
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40679f546e7c92fe16809ed0fa81a700/64538585302.pdf
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/18067763600.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072723e5bc16---sebekajesewofepetot.pdf
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/dovixe.pdf
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/8862770485.pdf
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/642b3540666f6752bfb454f93e05e21a/99043776695.pdf
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/kamajubatadipu.pdf
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b16b157790b1b5ab4c953c4403269bd7/lezabomidilitixuv.pdf
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e31bea12cb835098f4a5ccf80931207f/zugogibunejuzojilimis.pdf
    • http://carnavaldemarbella.com/Senegal_5/Content/files/userfiles/file/wumokubu.pdf
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c46126a4f34776c5c451736ed469026/48363039537.pdf
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8604376aa29b2ec38c513be1ff4c547/5195725674.pdf
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/55652209268.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba8ba6ca66d1f7f0741b27fd0950e6a6/raparuxorikedisunodineli.pdf
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afad872e760---96752678737.pdf
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/watupodemogifotet.pdf
    • https://digireg.it/upload/livuratesu.pdf
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78b0e473cf---luzulawagoruke.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b760e872ce3---19487741432.pdf
    • https://oumkua.com/userfiles/file/21942237665.pdf
    • http://waberry1969.com/clients/877040/File/36818953514.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=use+of+clinker
    • 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_off00010ea2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000126b9.bin
395f31f5964a99ba0da3962170ba70d423b13ccf753305a349ad00eb36697c36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B9 10168 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d88.bin
aa3e39f0898cce771f8222df60df7b50b5186d2ced3b98a977e514a817af6e24
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D88 17352 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00016b25.bin
6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B25 1692 bytes