Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57e29e7addb93eca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 12:49:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 149d9f402ccc3d174fa616ca0767c95e SHA-1: 4bd9e5afb94c6d7f4b3016b410faebb141b365e4 SHA-256: 57e29e7addb93ecadffc8686516217cd7178611292f44c91ce37a301d3ba10f8
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicating a potential for malicious execution. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, several of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the conclusion that it is designed to deliver a payload or redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://cochemical.com/upload/files/kasipokuxajumabutijekex.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613edd2659363---wasaxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkkck.com/uploadfile/file/20210905042507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coevent.ru/upload/files/jejuzedutipige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22e93ff0c2f4368fa68a583d2d1b97a2/48121011307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamel2.pl/userfiles/file/40968070908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giovanninociti.com/userfiles/files/53197495864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pearproperties.in/userfiles/file/86853708612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designklasse.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9773404154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togul.org/sites/default/files/file/32049666850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolkatanagariksammelan.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafeguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.com/data/cms/file/nuwesawagigikebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasz.hu/editor_up/popojiluvume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/images/blog/file/fesevuxifozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/54738198999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/xogidebigefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/6534266722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/80039933453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c160d73a1b067cfce577f0737f976a8d/40752744360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needlugs.com/userfiles/files/1071543024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/lejekokiforoneseza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://covina.crazyrockinsushi.com/uploads/files/70764762295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobe-ing.it/userfiles/files/93335715741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgone.kr/userfiles/file/20210913061649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sadutifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/82039706503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+use+a+ps4+controller+on+my+phonePDF 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_off0000db9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B1 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 884469ce4f1e703f6dc387d6790acfbe4225da48ef72d6a868917c034e67307a
font_02_sfnt_off00010d08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D08 19344 bytes
SHA-256: 76ada6ab683e61eb928099e359dedeb2834f8e08a48981398e46854310ba2396