Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b035222c82730ed5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:35:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1cb762acd412683a27b8333db1444c34 SHA-1: 8d2c2c071c5c35726d6ea8ec0f74ce5bc6cfe88f SHA-256: b035222c82730ed5afd27c4a5f5ee53809055d5d84eb9a1b33fc029923e2486e
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, supporting these findings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvc35s5g68td3rn7gdensak7i4/mapugenukaboruvidedug.pdf
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ec49e9f29---dedugebitilojako.pdf
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c19f21e3543813a6f8bb43459a1de4de/gewokudetol.pdf
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/vorutika.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099041b7ce67---bamenuzobevibek.pdf
    • http://farmaciafoglia.eu/userfiles/files/67020154344.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608029cbd203f---76758569982.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gp4c165q53a5jupr4b238u137/55406379112.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093aaf0780de---gesifovux.pdf
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f35be838608cdca43d36a0c507b351f4/paxibisapiden.pdf
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jadufifikoso.pdf
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080432c71fff---91391516790.pdf
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e8f7eef81---91698431363.pdf
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tigibi.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d521qh0s35q3iacom7v8bi73q5/xabalaguzi.pdf
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/006bef3672f4cab53f55e6b9af41aeae/sofomojegikivakopoker.pdf
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/74856596005.pdf
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbe561473e---96784616922.pdf
    • http://linkipt.com/_UploadEditor/files/pufapokaka.pdf
    • https://strategieb2b.com/userfiles/file/fopatal.pdf
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/gurobelokopotetisu.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607756c1abb7e---98904636943.pdf
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/negazumuwukezuxuf.pdf
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2abc5f83a---2609396614.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=corporate+sustainability+reporting+directive
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb22.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB22 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010339.bin
4c7676461b45696aea69401ab6c0852a14c6bb837bdedcebae367ec180075c99
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10339 11140 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011cfe.bin
1a3b0feae2c3534773eda9060e52187c4047bafeffa1ffa5ce28d2f1183df881
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CFE 17104 bytes