Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b7d7839ceee053a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:32:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: cf03b4e2505bd312f6ee048a421de742 SHA-1: 793a12810b122be312a66a388aa192fc80067c58 SHA-256: 6b7d7839ceee053a91d3015d21f6baad54cc0eddf09f7dd46fc6bd4c40213e83
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9895

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://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609831c88e299---28043747893.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///tenobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcuspietrek.de/MARCUS/files/file/guxujopijilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3820ebd62fef86b5c99ac28232a343d/9488972841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609835516b654---37764270071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/96888557997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddef274c1a1---wesonidadagemifisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920cdcb1fe5---babizeregoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/kobomemiwinesafoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2cff7bf76afbdd89733d65f430e64dd/94390224638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/jodonenavumopebelukakunid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63b49db35390de6b2a8346aa42eda573/99947422494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/11772213159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45u9c0ai6drpfvn3f9nse1cfva/15141892252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/10721427066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58c9db9011---17988862289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608913117df21---tokabolobudozafor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa182d87c66aa11a578070471b0449b8/pojojutofovobofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98e10f734cb764a97453b0191325b531/zulidavazusube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf71464cef---61690698311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec4accebb1---nofizebenapatovid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lvkl77j7tu85eqvpl9sq6ct912/tegizuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyandeepjkss.org/userfiles/file/kuritebiraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733b2472587---tosadelusababitunoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8957f19e42---89701313969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=see+instagram+followers+private+accountPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10351 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B68 11152 bytes
SHA-256: d8a7e3a671767cb629e6dccc8e2b94038d08712ca79a11c230685c3b12008755
font_02_sfnt_off0001358a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1358A 17088 bytes
SHA-256: 38b5c135fde0cead6d72c27309c5658b93ee1f09cb968da2aba6cec8f78732f2
font_03_sfnt_off00016244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16244 16416 bytes
SHA-256: a8d1e34bf444334761db8dd673e30599a677bf9ec537d4b136fd145dfe542046