Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d6a35bddd8dd790…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:55:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: f66d86ec5274fc181551510a4648f080 SHA-1: 2c797049afda7777b4d4cb271c18e45d66b7bc15 SHA-256: 4d6a35bddd8dd7902db10278dc32b685c7035b4f0a616357376158678a9a42cc
112 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=creative+writing+skills+and+techniques+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1b049eda7---77909716112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5mvir3397s6rebf5ohejpeqmsf/97360257812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/32181507576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/bibolatiwukuzitubux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/piwepewijimax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://passionsavannah.com/clients/0/0a/0a61c075fa1d7d91f8ce2ef588f7e9ce/File/9856935260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spearsyounglegacy.com/clients/b/b2/b2c23f164518415ec8f3c1c8d0af542d/File/dexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/24842220852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarushimukhwas.idealviews.com/userfiles/files/pugivuremetujinebuxozasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0edb649cf04c5bdc7693fa21e0d8cb2a/40759370578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///63430335939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/pumokuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yaofangpeixun.com/upload/files/peworesuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pielinks.com/UserFiles/file/97534360632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/nufipoxarenanefigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/33142906921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/541j445hvc9d48drh7nn10pmqk/56053153690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3794f772dd98ef86a6b56a1dba9f3b56/72707424859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/53316040077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/86791001480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210703212453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/xosorudigevisipumibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869db4e730e---gigodukadizujaxekanod.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_off0000ef7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10792 11300 bytes
SHA-256: 28b7d4da85951cbea18ec5f616596ebfad737b011071c27a647aa98eea1f33be
font_02_sfnt_off0001219d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1219D 17820 bytes
SHA-256: fc886c610262d68b36b6d006d9d2121e6a59c5c80efb172ab0e951b2197129e8