Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91adcecc285c8459…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-22 02:56:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c7c305db04b9ccd538145715c68a6194 SHA-1: ed1b7555acae7ce76607378a9d820c0ca04251df SHA-256: 91adcecc285c845909bbbea4762508a7775a00d92abdd752e0595769692e6098
112 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links, some pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic further indicates a social engineering tactic to trick users into clicking these links, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/56749273627.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/kazoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/rilukolumutab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tao-ssct.org/data/upload/file/20262337161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202106/files/20210603004756716031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79861002980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27c9757f4788badd054ddb093b85aeca/nozelajuriwigitex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qqhanoman.com/contents//files/33525124633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/wanasewukadelixutugekami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/wunanurowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printjet.pl/pliki_user/File/68509854663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfhotel.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dewivukavuromifuzasuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vajalixofifesireludutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/sonazuligudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wf515345.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/56128890439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnr6v6kaadmroa055vvhsho1nl/jidebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lambanghieuquangcaogiare.net/vietkiendo/upload/file/80771367435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rf9dsbubrjdo7ld9do9nsra9bm/sapipabivewilikeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewtch.com/upload/files/53553228183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce063d77a584d078a5086eb4fac85035/63213170902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcstaiwan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12079639921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8833737cbd---35641923700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b80d4c950f---51658393383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrirb4k684ig1vci3267uhdrc7/vezadovapewoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+a+yellow+card+in+nigeriaPDF 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_off0000e547.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE547 10568 bytes
SHA-256: ac3e50769257a61bcb78325aac47673e5fa2b53ee4735e9b0ee70360222c918e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4F 16888 bytes
SHA-256: a929557041e076dd4ff337592daf50c156764e7308e0e922f1d2751241c1a3aa
font_02_sfnt_off00012968.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12968 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1