Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ada42848bc4d1f0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-25 16:35:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6ed1907d8cfd2ac056f514e119911465 SHA-1: 38d483304b47ee2518ce8be5b5a41b900d279f1f SHA-256: ada42848bc4d1f0c5f3bf954dbb0cf59a47f23f4b5df6fbb5ecc8dbfa4ea2a62
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 are part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness. The primary attack pattern appears to be SEO manipulation or hosting malicious redirects through a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

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://locktactyuma.com/userfiles/file/zibumidelopolos.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56eb49eeb7660ac7f175af9cb503bf4d/gaxigefisekewilibavodoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/xukisusuxerop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theeultimatenetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zepusugokujoxajevoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tageedesign.com/ssmpt/documents/file/37934102221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/313c04d91baefe5fa17b02a419a52bdf/wawozazeriziruvikibinumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613017f784f15---9927860450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7svfg1dluevl9b9p9utt35tt51/segewavedexodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hatowo.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/mefunaposunilew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/64988802901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofutevomukemalibubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67a490eb7bf84b230c50dbfb3da68e2b/lomozusanesadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamso1.net/uploads/files/nunavewogazalebere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cubic.is/userfiles/file/76384847817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63079819879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/nudosovub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sro52.ru/uploads/files/82775127737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hippodrome-compiegne.fr/www/uploads/file/87889723440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/tapozexiveze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotykbylinky.sk/_subory/subory/80478359438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teewer.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66457811565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/xudekisonub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/lubisezamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27bkkbq8h8hdt751u1feslfr37/17357106449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/jozagubevomugefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320de9951b5---loges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+search+an+app+in+androidPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/62464245230.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_off0000bb17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB17 19056 bytes
SHA-256: abbdd42d910d4ab0f8bb4c60e71f02941f23c85a4b5d516327ce6e53de662ca4
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED50 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 39f2fc64db148de416c2afb287737d3b058df4c197dcfc870c5b013f096c568e
font_02_sfnt_off000105a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1