Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ce9681904f0762e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-07-18 01:12:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a8b8d6aa6a531554bf4ae556036835a7 SHA-1: c2ddf0b2a52d8810508c08a21543f5ed2382de0c SHA-256: 7ce9681904f0762e6c223484ac76d6fa8b272050c4475cfbe980522fce2f21f8
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to facilitate redirection or download further payloads. The document body itself is largely unreadable binary data, offering no direct user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 7

  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/83102147274.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2aff2af316a4757fcc8f1bc59692678/78375240157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf98cfc2d30---gewir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45a40b2a96e733485f9568b5b73983db/89468092957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/kakomele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/gabogazeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b09006589919e13ab2670660bc1f782e/1307458805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/99428804838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210610125401079034rmamvs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c8c65940f---fixibivuzoxujika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46609407711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hong-tour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210713_A7FCE73927F6B4BD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k16je28asnmr60u9plr4ufbreg/16499176606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d72930240e773311594a11094233832/34873533500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fntrjlhk8b0d2obhf7gsuaans3/fiwitapusamewudisiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upsshop.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezufujezivov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/vofuvolexirumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d18651b60d---dukanotezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/xisidagoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bejga8tfosc2ne6jp1a1nqp9d7/67840343700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ico9qjrq2sfug7s7haln82ld3/97597025739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/17752264497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/61558456154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/nudobexowapedewalore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=the+village+tea+room+and+cafePDF 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_off00011acb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ACB 18308 bytes
SHA-256: 8f601c5a8d909c368e66fa8d7c8af2c2c643aee39c7ea2835fab183416b48cd3
font_01_sfnt_off00014ab9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000162d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162D0 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 7c91bc74afe083289ac612cbf2b622a1394f643c29a9cce6fe00c202da1b9533