Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75740453f75dccb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 07:36:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 87cf654987aba4c0a0f79147484afe03 SHA-1: 0a86d159ab3e4a9e0e3830c8dfaf8dd94f8c6af5 SHA-256: 75740453f75dccb6f031ae283bc650c79dd7db4b7c1047354b35e76502203e24
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to a link farm, likely to facilitate SEO poisoning or host further malicious content, with the embedded JavaScript potentially serving as an additional exploit vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=teacher+return+to+work+after+maternity+leave+letter
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f798b6998---23144291557.pdf
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/53757397453.pdf
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okmvpkpmucbtrhvcr6g4nh79ei/kalis.pdf
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04b0d647e8ca828e63e371a37b81592f/98379406064.pdf
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/golegolidoni.pdf
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0b897d2cf8a6f5b9aeffbdabda192af/gesegokijobenajesag.pdf
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a600fa50cf73666229dfaf24da60640/68923673319.pdf
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/307s6p8q27j3qqhc4dt5iukvaq/98705532612.pdf
    • http://rudolphalexander.com/uploads/files/43386125662.pdf
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmtnfak75duhhfl0v5dn8ast4pmtgae3/93674557802.pdf
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/982e533d74fc6cc1c779e6203c6fd967/dafoviboxilolobumidir.pdf
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/4967158978.pdf
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbcc69dacf---lisibegasejitixi.pdf
    • https://thai-airpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27401683945.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86e1395464---17657386031.pdf
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e67r6j60eu12no1uotb7k2s6g/27753484254.pdf
    • http://sclifeguards.com/clients/16854/File/berebojatunewesoke.pdf
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/jawotak.pdf
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ad2658f1c---wexif.pdf
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/69266625752.pdf
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87866075220.pdf
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/xafidepefurolugolemujux.pdf
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4195ac0ed3219c0befaccbf6c799a361/nebukabirikorud.pdf
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28h851tnppbf8ftr58j9ec8lru/manemuxafepuravumorajapex.pdf
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/ranifebulegotamudabovap.pdf
    • 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_off0000f63c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF63C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e4e.bin
535718a8f7341b53e068569cd1a93a1603dde04a9832e2e8daa38df31394f3dc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4E 16940 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a94.bin
44a8d5ed8251cc56a7cdd30ba760a20111c2679f79158528b79037a754c9e109
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A94 10856 bytes