Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7985e818cc46c22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-08-07 06:49:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 70a7431b608977f7665c4e0c2062d1c4 SHA-1: 10bab79d6e0eddfabd432e0bd1a087c427ab46c8 SHA-256: d7985e818cc46c2279c580b39a73a8ab29edeea8d18f95e5d9873617dff1197d
132 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links, further reinforcing the malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' lure and QR code lure suggests a social engineering approach to trick users into downloading the linked content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc1a3a90d229cebf4cfd92f8a6f7d8ea/xukonuxuvedewemare.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/11386054599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0a5b4d221---tagabubarob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukinserv.hu/file/masusodekulebeketa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://growlink.biz/userfiles/file/28373986420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/36778005586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.habitat-morvan.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gapovabebozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/bajelepuxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/51366103880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ca1896a6b1fb2a5c7fd9461cb0ad482/wilunix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/48362009405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/vozudupulogafawaroneku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68ca28a429---76412100792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210703021530_muxhok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v8sj9k767m8vmmfjnmheblj0m3/jidozuvidugotatetogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jslt.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wixilinopejogujorebaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jakebenmd.com/clients/0/0e/0eef9d569b11303d075d19626cc6f958/File/vevupimepujefajitezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e61fb6710---24038271179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a8f8537561da9ca91c76f5c00add09d/31169798326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmleadmanagement.com/userfiles/files/vopixonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technische-dokumentation-hoffmann.com/upload/files/texanujimigotogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fde711c045e---86610845595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91ef719f8c2fa40785eaf81e4731bbf9/72329639916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210611_87C7C71453111BB7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80992d2663c49cc5b33b357aa7df772f/98493296692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=har+taraf+har+jagah+audio+song+downloadPDF 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_off0000ccc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCC1 17388 bytes
SHA-256: 39871f8823d7c5d16492ef4b772c12d4493f7ebf279d4e3440c023cf7be9e96e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA62 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 2021b3d5baddb797b408837bc4cadf5b15c59ec149f7129debabb6fd91462033
font_02_sfnt_off000112f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1