Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbb9a78ffd51e4a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:22:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5efa042370899b5aefd466dc906838fe SHA-1: 4da9c0939499ff6c3b95a612084fe762fd9ec5f0 SHA-256: dbb9a78ffd51e4a94cb1c49df9f842a26cd3ad64026aaac5c97a8213cb75d64a
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm or SEO manipulation scheme. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious redirects or further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://rumahbaruku.com/contents//files/47845859225.pdf
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/404631872c1f63ecf86a9f2f773325ba/24812789095.pdf
    • http://qzgj.cn/upload/file/sifow.pdf
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e79d03d34---kujujetogotun.pdf
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/potime.pdf
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57502789805.pdf
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abe0223ba1---9394628667.pdf
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4882b3c5f0---bowezuzotutafetuvomunoxal.pdf
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/serozasaj.pdf
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a57582ad0b13c3e1ad7f0e1e70e761b/didixamirok.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5fdaa7b7f---57287439588.pdf
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/lewaxini.pdf
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609424eb6fc49---2958847152.pdf
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb0817fedf---dosawoliw.pdf
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078df3848f03---78514309137.pdf
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/3733872945.pdf
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/zamixol.pdf
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79904737296.pdf
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1onhhg7f1q9m106goe2gtkkbps/piladumovigevikopivetulu.pdf
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6i5t69e70kii2et66kvqeheg7/99781192981.pdf
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifvmrf3r5dbd75v53bqpbpg169/61630237594.pdf
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rck1d2ffn8taou7b4jecdj1lb/95278598617.pdf
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/wufalivosibajugalex.pdf
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/lukuro.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+charles+law+in+chemistry
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9031be90bbd00bec6bb103aac3daba6/44439059753.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5bd.bin
8594514f0bb0066cd84a4ac87df1af9e5554b03ff02b832d1d608b3d8cef1a66
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BD 17448 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001138a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1138A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012ba1.bin
6a68603bc4a01c3c9ed7898f9eddf10abd0050d5c5212721274320847818145e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BA1 10568 bytes