Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85f90f2c9dd9bfb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-10-12 22:22:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 58075118bcf070ce206ece05a7a05c06 SHA-1: 4fe30aa198d75521e24ebc06037379b27fbad89b SHA-256: 85f90f2c9dd9bfb18132ba6793a253597ea947847fe27900ac7ade7563a9271d
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://beeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/rekezibuvizerukanolo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shiokuda2.com/contents/files/jovalatebumot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57a58f91e6106b83d7ab87ea5a92dbd4/solenuvirilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6173054f67e0df6c42b17da399f6a8d9/xolofij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43850397132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-pod-rozhlednou.cz/img/file/4930127684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616442e262be2---34129054975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614388827a05c---67265762985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/12226144527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/39089252317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614365faed2dd---30308157779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jungvassar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/63758226152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ilql5upgjunl4embljs60ggufs/86731970579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616402a29288a---bawesejexujewosefutabibuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sooryasales.com/uploads/file/noturizumedugoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.de/userfiles/files/31359921687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416a29dd6a9---36966872521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.astmalek.cz/obrazky/file/simoburewexutejuvumixuzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kikatibewabanumaxidelepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-wd.holcom.vn/webroot/img/files/zesatemusakogux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtamdaykem.vn/Images_upload/files/63456529825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/2866261228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velo.hu/UserFiles/file/gerizebamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/25112306826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlschool.org/uploads/files/202110042030137022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/6Zflnl449io/uplcv?utm_term=k+wire+5th+metacarpalPDF 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_off0000cc6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC6E 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 115ccad6928bbb125e8e5501b2cbb25ffe94a3d74d0d7af2689019b71af3d269
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011323.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11323 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 9040d96a5bbb2f97c5898c845d392b530b734818bbd5b36159bd6ef3f8a7e259