Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6564393c3d5ed556…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 21:06:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e8ff27fdb9093e35e094ba00327fd9a9 SHA-1: 99a8d3c8aa54286d6f3109e63d4dee6f4c60171f SHA-256: 6564393c3d5ed556fcd34f07fe7f725c73a58c6d8154c3718ef66e91178743ed
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the overall structure points to a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210609072105.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4404e214da---korusezobokajarugofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/zinabaveputajefofuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debnine.net/UserFiles/File/14051626174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwakokogajoforur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b969109be59---tosawunotasirodozuwenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp61.com/clients/e/e2/e296dcecfd7d10ffef0cc83fef253c72/File/movadogifuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f825afbcf89---55570009593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/zaxopisebolureniredeviten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5817k62detobbg7vclatfpmfa4/82449738842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metapolar.hu/tmp/zapupapaguzonomomokulopan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739e8279def---wamenow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608197fdf3ce8---33953567329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/13632682211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luladu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a358efa4c5a---rirosuxevadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/64105586291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ip7qoq4qupeimri5or4tjpofi6/xumafabawolakugedudobireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokizimixovozakezenugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e16d9015ac2933f1fadd319029fdd722/bolatojilikobabujewol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miele-service-center.ru/uploads/files/77082460695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eejlhikiliqlat605oji5j0g3/54240450390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northmarking.com/userfiles/files/bureji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7stc4lnv68kq7n8sfsdt7sk992/vukof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbb2a89a828---596816735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=explain+the+recent+trends+in+operations+managementPDF 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_off00012782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12782 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013f94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F94 17600 bytes
SHA-256: acf3f7ea80ee260d76dd30afeb7143328acfdd7d4c05fa241377ebbba6634661
font_02_sfnt_off00016d38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D38 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 8d0cd11369821b268b3c7047e1f55e0e0a97fc613f93bda7a8e2f52a5fa50101