Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 561425265bb05866…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:51:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 749350aa24158f7d7bcf63d741aa8e2f SHA-1: b9249469e676342fdfde9d711cd218c89144e60c SHA-256: 561425265bb0586699681b4dc0fb31fcd512d1d6a21ef607d4593c883eea0059
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user or download further malicious content, while the link farm aims to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be93e2765f4---53439524205.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc658d5f6a---63503935206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repairbase.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/images/file/fetofuxemumudidopiduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b993aad2dd4352407fd4542d0bd8f49/dunenazaraxevivowipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a34c2977e7---gijoseduxopepiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f41769fcd5df4f10d341ea249940b89/bupurabodogupunegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edumedcare.pl/upload/files/wibikakudupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgxzz.com/uploadfile/file/33381994877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/506d9094275c933e63e24a243036ffc7/tijufibasademanamajera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fdfc1e2288---sawojavenurizoronajomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63cec87928dfee4aae35a2db22f4aadc/taxukitabog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menokatea.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73393812687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sklepbonus.pl/userfiles/file/59405021077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e7045d4af2e6baa61288327fe682680/92462160689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moskvaznaet.ru/upload/files/xogevuforufisufowomimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ee9586b9785f895c390d72fa89c9cce/31586831157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2135bd9faba74f86f142efafb20e5349/vipofaguvijamavenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795a1730814---wawinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e21f6fb0b---42867815590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onmamtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210812_ED14DD325AEB2D5D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuwigedofepopuvamula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1bcd868a7---37589742274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/bewituz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/xetikapojibapofanuraxivov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=shapes+name+worksheetPDF 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_off0000e20b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE20B 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 4148d5ae16e58e155ca03314ef5035e91c3ed54bbfaaf841ab56a773313ac41b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA43 17064 bytes
SHA-256: f310444fa8b83df4f7b2dab87af5c37f1414b00e00e224a9192835c83d1f307f
font_02_sfnt_off000126c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1