Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d691859060176866…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 04:54:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 059f589f3a84147bd39073bb65659740 SHA-1: d089b55ad3d9d881aca2f30b68d98fa0362dbf64 SHA-256: d691859060176866b6fbbc296793657cc6959579b91da746c9af2f469d5c9edb
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs, which are then used to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+1+public+transport+simulator PDF link annotation
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c4815815f0---pogagujitipajawobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtqedu.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/82343911763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spellenindex.nl/images/uploads/zozejaziralaguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/35548655339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf18c60e0ad49ab4a1143c81107de719/nazamexirafekufujamun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/36595262548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estduquebec.com/scripts/php/xenocode/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jevuwudopusuxidifet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agppi99.pretty-match.com/upload/files/fizidedibusavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/30055822756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613413b1c80fa---52764361281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/71027580949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaghhaztbcd1agjgbccsgfftf.xn--p1ai/pict/file/9767655856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rejasugurefemirabawapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agavietnam.com/img/files/69679011809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekorepetycje.eu/Upload/file/kerumaxizugetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ls12368.com/userfiles/file/53537769974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvepujexamibare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjburgerut.com/uploads/files/2903007835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetplus.com/userfiles/files/9760757965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujieshubao.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021091515310373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vototatetaxejowoduzuposat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toroisg.com/public/images/files/27528754098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/80769102864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsse.cl/files/feden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitetenindex.nl/images/uploads/vijafaseduzu.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_off0000d51a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD51A 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 4d911f4a670d69783f80c850ebfe183e738c9099fb51432cd1565a52b07a1353
font_01_sfnt_off00010237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10237 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 7525cb72481ea1ce78734237024e6bf312c6a932a9d239f54b5f134d69282286
font_02_sfnt_off00011af1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1