Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7009c2d145bf2458…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:57:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3aec1a87b9beb0d2bc5ab82a35125cc9 SHA-1: 92a3f963128c1e99cc719eaa00a145f8c304e228 SHA-256: 7009c2d145bf245868b6c4493b5508761364c23583ce33867ccf11a25d074447
112 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is likely used to redirect the user to malicious URLs. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the 'Fake invoice / payment lure' heuristic further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/kepepixeguvuronavopo.pdf
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba4a052ce1---45380587892.pdf
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080980b8648b---83962323879.pdf
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/20143430545.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bu7euuv3449513elpbjl5jqd0/6303751951.pdf
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/mulegopenagi.pdf
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nk3aufm3qsm3a2iskqjlmm9uls/69119704510.pdf
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/49757596002.pdf
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2059b347d0f3e863c27c2e3642ad3849/mumipegelakuvaxewilevuw.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c055bfa1d0b---21722007343.pdf
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae9e9c270d---xabepazuwodazajejixa.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40c49f261c---dobusetulisezonogugapow.pdf
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db321eb7921766e5e73d5a87c62b72b9/48221136524.pdf
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7771ae66ec71824bfda73e2ea08cc323/70035264219.pdf
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ehqsld1ssuld4j47r5ulkrgs6/tugebaguwesiwumu.pdf
    • https://ideylia.fr/uploads/file/jilekixaxufinod.pdf
    • http://xn--aknmedikal-yub.com/uploads/file/fekiwal.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a7fabb53f.pdf
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdc1cc66c6---65691817197.pdf
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/xobamewarol.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc2c478075---90899608648.pdf
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c184c1d75---53852120909.pdf
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda460d0d68c980f329cef266fbe74ff/xafejajelupatibiloji.pdf
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94609581000.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=really+bad+stomach+ache
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f27b.bin
8f390d25ada22e22bf37d104c5a6c09cd8726ea3cfbb31f3a54437b803a69353
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27B 16744 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011df9.bin
690c6fcdc7f7d9c0628c833e53cb601e5b600b859aa2d832a1a65671043ad1b3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF9 10636 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013661.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13661 16792 bytes