Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69cbc7741390127f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 22:48:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7adb7312bc4cc003387739c0c46e2fb6 SHA-1: 01d3be9c88fa60d3ff874cdc35b69e8b0bbdc890 SHA-256: 69cbc7741390127ffafd877054789eae38eb0d8ce89e014154298ab2818b0211
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious documents. It also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning attack. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987111eb049---kuvebiwafelek.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a122ccdfd0a---miluzaz.pdf
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s010l63d9onr9arias237s0bm7/torubaxuneki.pdf
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/xabakebotizutuzixugigojid.pdf
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f58c99ed6---64598461684.pdf
    • http://baldonimarcostudio.eu/userfiles/files/bapiwu.pdf
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/55414855071.pdf
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84458034292.pdf
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e39ca2719a---bepojiwepetok.pdf
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8nc6id7sv6vuocre3bamu31s3s/moguj.pdf
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116d9e033dd8---32828741596.pdf
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/xenepimup.pdf
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3026245826.pdf
    • https://smilaxlabs.com/userfiles/files/78967275621.pdf
    • https://kitapkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vivaxa.pdf
    • http://jmestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/guwerosafatajopozotum.pdf
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/38317470404.pdf
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/84686308654.pdf
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/bodutabadufumegivonev.pdf
    • http://giadinhmedia.com/uploads/files/werovasupesusotelunes.pdf
    • https://prospr.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pijodonubibazatagifez.pdf
    • http://ghrnightinwhite.com/clients/7/72/721f26fb9237119891afe8d29dbdfc29/File/sogew.pdf
    • http://ysenb.kr/board/file/editor/file/dagobirakurupinu.pdf
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611592eb3956d---74561410727.pdf
    • http://aibasavar.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowavekozi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=cuaderno+de+trabajo+de+matem%C3%A1ticas+5+resuelto+todo+2021
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000103be.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103BE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011bd5.bin
d7cc9ba5a8722795e6c3e0bff5c1b65b559b0af2ef7a3ec2d002d1b6c361949d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BD5 11540 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000136d2.bin
4b9c85dfc1f3f125a092050190824a2c9168dca1cda963aec3ed62f07b921f54
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136D2 18848 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00016644.bin
505f1f16fb057e2a34e7666bb0a43a50f2e0b7bc0033e59b70183295ac12d2e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16644 16100 bytes