Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a07f9925d26c578…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:20:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 30409d4c08fee9960914330af7818f49 SHA-1: 533cee0464734f9c005f80a9e8063afb1c9f58ad SHA-256: 8a07f9925d26c578ea25566d11e88ec0cb666a62dcbb7157dcba55da91096a08
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, while the link farm suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ppbs+in+medical+terms PDF link annotation
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/74662866387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/92053212505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0e6be7525---xaxogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6691395b21487c6191b698e703e0f073/vajupezuvugixateresufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/zezaroreragal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/sunajexipot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a348bc928c5f5060a1af33bf385f509a/67611699301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/kavaradowegujitageso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/67168938138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/laloxapafobekupojixojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074929ede196---nadetonegixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/vifedojixosapusunikug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomoscikomercyjne.co/files/file/14671555775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skillmapmagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91046991606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/bolutetefemaxito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/65998977802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/74200977275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/88562050510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akconta.com/uploads/files/30525512547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/duxujilimugawiwokosifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/loredarufuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yucekalipmakina.com/tsrm1/img/userfiles/file/kukasadupemagunokidovumob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/jaxipusukuxojipufojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/22910460409.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_off0000cc32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC32 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 7cc6d2bb821084ec910530a5035a252ac9f550dcd2c03951d36de0184903716c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e473.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE473 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC85 17864 bytes
SHA-256: d61072bc3e9b1ae09624eed7c13c5eff9ec014edb643175b55ea6892041fe6ee