Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4e9899df5385256…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 05:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8d8a5ddcb5a456cee4e91cf900f8b36b SHA-1: cf5654541a414da33c803ef7a860375b2a1705ce SHA-256: c4e9899df5385256ffd71ff4ace0a6da7ae7a937a8c48e176665920002e72c91
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, supporting the conclusion that this PDF is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37056605877.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://satnamunicipalcorporation.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodixafotififizege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perevodvnegiloifond.ru/pict/file/5389906751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logicamail.it/draft/media/88145398974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ed729bc4e---jumakarep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/zamolitupobuvozebetojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanhungcorp.com/images/uploads/files/bewudozazojapedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colafranceschi.it/userfiles/files/bidewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/518a4395e75e5c9af24fa85f57030c3d/mirisidizefalenudevis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sma-dfgg.org/site/admin/file/4318892284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c8177a69a---70841301127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fakitipameguxefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/88096413296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/63463099069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/files/fuwimiduxulubugotibev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/33656190806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juwesomaduxalitozopuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budgettranslation.hu/sites/default/files/file/jefiregidisijuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139498c6cefa---zigetukawuribijopibazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/ximefufuxoridivoxujofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/181522063902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finliz.lt/i/File/97118127039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbiosa.eu/static/cfiles/files/tekulunulezoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eff03792b1---zabixijarivelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thanaclusterwestgate.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/fubikug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=winter+live+wallpaperPDF link annotation
    • http://s250801404.onlinehome.fr/img/uploaded/file/49595251799.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_off0000c4b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4B5 10100 bytes
SHA-256: 07f5a18b19a0f50b8b98c12b513485785da2b16c0a0c804595d4789191c6e4cc
font_01_sfnt_off0000db5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF370 16152 bytes
SHA-256: e68689280bfc2e6de593be250ba85e6c7c333cf776af88f9d8c9b283a92ecb63