Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 887768cd18c4178c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 06:23:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 57a2329d7a681493a261de25217713c8 SHA-1: 1349e88b47b58dbe22c8439127f9f27bea3d2bdf SHA-256: 887768cd18c4178c1371cdb709916168d9987dec82f501ee5ae2220af3e2f5fb
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+the+mandalorian+123movies PDF link annotation
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/9380164245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142ff6b93f7b---rakuxigozobadamuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c29b052d29---92167630433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161435355f3c49---5886388169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2t336ofvqignku9j9au9755b27/wafinese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabletopad.com/images/file/41753387958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlas-consulting.ro/fckeditor/fisiere/file/geluxofokef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyberbirddog.com/userfiles/files/45591988308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lidiyageorgieva.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saminikudeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pengyou-english.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210914_5EEE83E8B6BA00F1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulsantour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_8F6E4013A532A713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervin.ru/files/file/78038686041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://helicopterleasingservices.com/userfiles/files/gifamokipanobixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nenmongdangquang.com/upload/files/5792544134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boletos.luzservicos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7694874474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161361f63adb98---xejetitupofimikekov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.studiorosaliabusco.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rimatuvavewuterel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/29974175076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biroestarsa.hu/uploads/file/8136402708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58242493646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210913002050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/298396bcf503c8bc62b373527ec36b08/bemiteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e4e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E4 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 7282372115fcbd986b4f9d303f7c4d063ef3c8dccc4e38f369032093a937c7d1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE84 17568 bytes
SHA-256: d13aac5265886c046dbace9a44c9844282bd0fe8f2f28a27373aa91021feaeed
font_02_sfnt_off00012c34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1