Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69b1b5dba0f416ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-29 09:49:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 1ea4147d43d92f2c360bfd477ae33859 SHA-1: fa7fd254d76f2302b09546d924253b824a6b3c2f SHA-256: 69b1b5dba0f416ecceb64f4c825089e9c8669f494df738b3184ff946ade91194
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple external domains, many of which are hosted on disposable infrastructure or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, supporting the assessment of a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://sapporomn.com/userfiles/files/lamixuditopufifetumefonem.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://svenskafik.se/uploads/fckeditor/file/ponijusurawogaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.ovh/userfiles/files/tipakefutezasur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/62397303430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhandarisurgical.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimamotaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/300ba5c28f3e383469cdf6f279d97eab/55054568437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willes-gb.com/uploads/files/202109122337053639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/66421696086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriagiganti.ro/imagini_ws/73931586336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzobogofapepatun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werkschoenenverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/71201063592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/55080402662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bold-iot.com/uploads/files/202109040506415818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/89780917218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijieet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79172846212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67aa9db6e76962483da16303891ae0f0/xizudazuvofedepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cbdcd9dd55---sikiduwideguzeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/4213988427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwpni.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/43153894583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137ba0cee1d8---25797850649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142b4e401b7e---xupewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khangle.vn/uploads/images/files/9912132119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijdsir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifetides.ca/cambridge/uploads/files/gutijaduxanixewelegivite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324737b645e---19518140850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/datigositusidoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=final+fantasy+iphone+gamePDF 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_off0000b578.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB578 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 97f46f0d6ff3d92c464bef3c9c4135c8c374e4a6fcc5da533f945adfa555e30e
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e63f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE63F 15100 bytes
SHA-256: 09ebe138a6bb9ce09cd1f2b18dc8531b8593d437a6ef79a55378a3478b4f3d70