Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 591382a611c05095…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-08-09 17:00:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 17b85f2e491f8c1efc7129c79a957514 SHA-1: efb2c6302b353aab495530f5a4caf44cacce89de SHA-256: 591382a611c050958a85857380a7bdbf82fe983c175dee3a25789f3055e31c7f
112 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the conclusion that it is designed to lead users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/1191361450.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://technocom.pl/editor/file/86541084314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-kcc.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/xezajizivoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/rosadezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d0c1d0f9b---kopevonebabofadobidog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huefpdf.org/upload/file/83096533718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fd3d36428d0bf6f3caccd131db022cb/45027299998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/xikidit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/megolagipefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/jobowogosituwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc87bca957cf2b883b8b48afa189f900/12935657547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/botoxawadunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1467d981cd2170b12d884824382cd6c/moninajowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1b85418db8b3640175c51b766813af6/gipevumisigubamorajufojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkbroadwin.com/userfiles/82809992020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc0d25c5bfedb88898fe5b7db4f18671/8257433807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96e426b3d19b91760e47776a9239439b/radonuvusinogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/29179340535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966719f38f5---51717395032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/90436315615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80913113551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609721a1e5b7e---48242072281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5c031ddd28edf77dfa24041958f2652/jimuzumuriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27296347288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/4513232637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=what+to+ask+when+shadowing+a+dentistPDF 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_off000119a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A3 18212 bytes
SHA-256: c571611b1a8bef0306d337b5dccc8bd7c6ca6906ae36f0f231dfe5026f2c8bf7
font_01_sfnt_off00014855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14855 10552 bytes
SHA-256: ced813725252dd29f10ef8e84423ce87403fb8a303319bf0a411be111ead35a6
font_02_sfnt_off0001603b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1603B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1