Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afde656038e81888…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-21 18:01:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dcbeb2c711d4f1d3147373b449170c0a SHA-1: ae06849ed8fad54ded66533fef7131a5e7a8abc7 SHA-256: afde656038e81888e0eadb477da58de248630ec4385558d017ac0b7769a4c7f5
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72d3e8f7f9---32466959068.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/waronal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/gimukigowizebidezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d38a62b07---pibedakuzidogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c99d1d84ef---37030195402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actybrain-consult.com/Upload/files/10803319082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhdrum.com/User_File/UpFile/file/20210707151848_a3VmYXZheGFsaWZv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e91bd1bacef5c2bc39220ccbae6ed1dc/vuzebavibapovupazezola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a22e4d917---74681276505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/tufarotuxonigetetuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caff2cba63d---29041258716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7472d5a29be32d369570d6db498b6392/kexotokirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/joxaxawepitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c82a543ff---garebudamukibeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwtcs.org/Content/uploads/files/fixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrhs1967.org/clients/6/61/617565fc8afb9cc6d18abf932d248b7a/File/70652610010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f12187356---9338035718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/99678965348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/gejiwetulapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f4361dd92---51243498725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/migasonivok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giustofiori.it/file/27429218780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makeswebsites.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/87379681077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=creative+writing+examples+pdfPDF 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_off0000f552.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF552 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D69 11004 bytes
SHA-256: c54061c0ace0c767119546e10cdb1b2b54e8abfcb41b1d6c6efb1a5e5ac5276b
font_02_sfnt_off000126d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D3 16944 bytes
SHA-256: 083d6abe286357ccdbcccaa2a83d421923887ff095fd41a674e5700a42746d23