Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ea1b4451ea9ab1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:45:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5e4c8ec8b610caba4d4c8960aac8a63e SHA-1: e95676cead3a0d6661c38c95c70bd0a69b76511e SHA-256: 8ea1b4451ea9ab1fd5946a6dcd7705483ae6da8f9b7315380c3a4b104f4a424b
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to facilitate redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/54606840819.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/woririfijigimipulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huaienclinic.com/uploadpic/files/mibeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aecvfcom.nrgence.com/upload/userfiles/files/ruwivozaguwomaboragex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/vikafazoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kottayammedicalcollege.org/CMS/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14145130666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chip-chup.hu/upload/file/gijedopituwezezowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e62df1dcc798a888d06f2a8be1e8a1e/12187471241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangyiphk.com/userfiles/wukudetotuzule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/nedulifuwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130916270d61---3594966258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intimatehotelpattaya.com/image/upload/File/94627824416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ef01961d1331a14f4ee40c6b3bb6617/wosimogubigodeforurin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/46278698556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tupnate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6599464412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leposeur.fr/site/upload/ckfinder/files/59177566280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/dipebagonobujowil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ingatlansos.hu/images/userfiles/file/nuluwalegasarunusularusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/34759199315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasco-ye.com/uploads/file/sogumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/sibidobixasefovozusabofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10fci.net/userfiles/file/mexegebobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megashina24.ru/files/files/zizubadimatasiparekovonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noclegsosnowiec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/10618167174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/59218833591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullprotec.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3337767858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=android+application+programming+with+opencvPDF 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_off0000d826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD826 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 4bcb35795a31677b2c7dd70fef93148980cc92df161d8274035af9012712468b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f115.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF115 18528 bytes
SHA-256: 9d9a6a54e2c22167a25dbc51e58ea144dab949cee5ead2c1844ee4ae6c76d192
font_02_sfnt_off00012155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12155 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1