Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdc2d6540f6b0df7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 13:22:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fdd8b6c1af87cf8f0599677b33a6e050 SHA-1: f6c1626a12bcbde924be11ff23dfeec10f4c78e1 SHA-256: cdc2d6540f6b0df770af0c9866e5d86cbc43f5d4bfcf479fb03491d44d5132bd
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect the user to malicious content, likely for malware distribution or phishing. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to download software or other content from these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lightroom+cc+premium+apk+3.6+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.bongbansaigon.com/uploads/files/ligobevavesapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/vorimuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commissioncollectionlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tipetowowavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishhabitatnetwork.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88324817696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-jurnalov.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92766449679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/41132432527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/7279736210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckletrack.com/update/editor/file/tisozagimabod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobe-ing.it/userfiles/files/sitalinesamipiwukav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--22ck6bdp5cach0mc23a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vulokazedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bgg.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67313376275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eco-versute.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavupemesemezudurujavetad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/kudaxixevexoselimizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34844809b7be36a0962311a38f28b554/togin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsk-nalogov.net/upload/files/67803879311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pushtypathshala.com/demo/aims/files/images/files/68052582969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/xudedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/73632187703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/pigebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.ch/upload/56089464443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rokd0on39v0rcr7ulsc7fed66/dasafidovebabazawufuxizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://96stone.ru/userfiles/file/notanapavumotevuteteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplehelppeople.net/uploads/File/8492387941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a607ab6c8f5d924012c919ce7fcaa7e9/74983029803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheinmotel.com/userfiles/file/21680163442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/5246959473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9c2b73991---69181443496.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_off0000e2ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2AE 11540 bytes
SHA-256: 7ba0307a5aec5be556c30a5b314ac8a45daa0da1f1d4753daca86ad18cd9f75c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000115d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115D7 17472 bytes
SHA-256: 1096b73465503110274e7f16d6c16b7acad03c47ee2064c42670192f5d4df5b3