Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdae9fedcc52709f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:47:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: cbdaf47849cd2dbaf06121852c790a3e SHA-1: a56a01e778ffa3de917d97d1ba06eca443dcf339 SHA-256: cdae9fedcc52709fb6457d3a170285ce7c18c36ac4b68ecfd7266c9133da57a3
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 or redirecting users. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, likely intended to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the assessment of a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://bestbelly.org/content/files/files/53908402456.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8f4d15022---zedagaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/67822467405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084870f2897d---54262780242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/41277531695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfc1cc15ec---xidojetapubenejazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobozozemerilidupin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d4218bc7c---82820980618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609982d957925---70048197219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tbvojr2i2v6lqapiajs2n9ai6/83754647738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/95203618049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da218597a3---najibimidefamisiwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85788539193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/10930292114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba129b62335---belikalemefuzisexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3db8f7cb7131fe4d5dc21a5eca47b9db/78886070022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/99088752274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a23cbd3a00---88368077006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39f6c17c55568ad579561a2d213d802c/pexaxanegaziporefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldcovepartners.com/_data/images/file/lolakegujopijuran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3b254571e---vugipisegomerowamiwotaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ymvii.com/admin/upload/files/14326781496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmoretv.com/userfiles/70882543083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cde133a96fa7f46c0825a70b52cbcf64/zoderebeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mga34lkj153vic4eh70lo8t875/79538191136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=top+of+the+list+meaningPDF 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_off0000f1d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D9 16876 bytes
SHA-256: cacce2e702ee1ebef88ac851631ca7781028bd76782ff57b4c4b7789580b7dbe
font_01_sfnt_off00011d92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135A9 10668 bytes
SHA-256: d3c65ca43932b208a509e40af8f725576d6a975f81fb64e1b4100c35c825273f