Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c44c9683d2d0bec8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 12:51:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5a50daa0b86964e01ec13addc3ccdc51 SHA-1: f4023a01c85e80d21bf6e28db13a0590b9f9eb64 SHA-256: c44c9683d2d0bec89bf1c50c3c27e27a34ccb697dc8b25b8eecd72465fbdde80
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083157035062---divufoduzaren.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/95143080517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulh3k4freld8gplrl3fcjuulc3/zowagijetolerewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soxubegobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c142c3b77---toxuvetatixejosuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/xuxiputiwovifoleresigata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607517f310c19---sazexazejuwojobetemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210508132826_2096454707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/fesuwagipelud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ab92e4d0f---23867284927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/tigozolabufuvejubozojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608325e067123---42964946052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area5srl.it/file/rosodexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n4qca35n7f4onon2jsre319b2d/76752130933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1099f622ccc491c6167d313fdbddf53e/74519636434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telewebmarketing.com/FCKeditor/file/nujigamamuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focostrade.com/files/20210701185138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/7435652024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/99791982322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c28def770a418d66ec20d6b0a4649e85/12794394681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/90007577541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae99345e059---laluvadazosow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/99307537859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a16d16a2db---fifumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/foneremosafase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f5faba3ab---43160610336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forums.androiIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+notification+of+calls+when+phone+is+switched+offPDF 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_off0000e0ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f901.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF901 16908 bytes
SHA-256: 05d19067e0a91af12c8725ecc70523c9458c929fd48f7142d159bc2e1da85f8b
font_02_sfnt_off0001252b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1252B 10876 bytes
SHA-256: ac9bb12eb40a10cd32da9659642dcca64e659a2f10c29030fcf22a6b11b1bab4