Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abbf90bb1debb238…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-09 01:36:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 71f1e89eda2637984553130dbf3b094b SHA-1: 305969b2b115e62735d694bcb6c57ac869f69e45 SHA-256: abbf90bb1debb238ca9ef74c1a03745cc75bf5bf0f6e7a83a209714590cb6ef8
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 compromised CMS uploads on distinct hosts. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on these compromised sites. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d29eghjf9cmjlim7lbnfb9aqc/44052487798.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/25318551840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d98327f95ee3e0dba70f50376a6fc99f/jenifumejowerukosodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vpqsja5nfe55vj7f9od54tqmtq/66390589606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1606cb7951dbfe---92433847040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/67329348999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d3034f114daf1778e254e39410009f3/jeguladudamojosame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/56033186537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761b4034b7f---fimafabarebarudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/79701852470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.com/uploads/pages/files/luzekisedubafunexajakufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerdynamic.com/clients/3/3d/3d9dba0a3645e5854abf1db7654b9c86/File/miwubenojov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f17e4e467---pagasifibefikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa411e434f---gexuzefirititus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099352a805cc---73291114980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fd3e77c904ef99c92fc0853a98a023e/xekabolawemekavufuxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7446e87d5e98f9e66846b02ea02b04b7/zamuzekuduwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/99353144550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792fecd59cf---12946891338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47f0e70bccf04041dd0d7b123d3f976c/gidoxixurepava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dj0743aqo1npuahvamq3lig1u0/pubuveladevupajamul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f7535fa468c139e708eccef1972f448/1951118682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c580bbbd6c1---67369063540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fk7prb5c8s0i0n8i8stcn7vvd7/beralirexisidonedirej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/8462172473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b59b040de---75571272492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/12840677265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/fabizejufegaredafojot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=discovering+psychology+sensation+and+perceptionPDF 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_off0000fa2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA2D 10972 bytes
SHA-256: d4ed25c89058afd36e436d4e32a41c27b41075b83e225455e5b7087369a741f7
font_01_sfnt_off0001136c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1136C 17632 bytes
SHA-256: cad186086e21f5e523905d842262bc74f554d462257ec0006bc99a65a5fe01ba
font_02_sfnt_off00014105.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14105 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1