Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e37a1acfe2ec1644…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-27 16:00:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 49c6e85edd589307c1f9005944a8b886 SHA-1: 0190da917efbe61ae42b9a736340964de14b3851 SHA-256: e37a1acfe2ec16447c924c3c2fad40368eedef1360617ab3b4e7fe11377997ac
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites or disposable domains. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the combination of these factors suggests the PDF is designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to further malicious content or exploits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34739411556.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazikemufexedevado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instit.ac/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tavepofidipowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5669325551.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/32986475143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiochiodo.eu/userfiles/files/90191976273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeyadhurgatemple.com/userfiles/file/xixukunubidoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d231e02ba8ddd9fac28403d80a4a735/9258867584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbd0a95d30f585217f75ba5a64dad45c/gowif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakotech.at/uploads/ckeditor/files/75845737896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/81281902345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p323l84pbncrso8kd3c5kg6g96/nodarusifatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bf3c232189---16268882451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riwg.in/userfiles/file/sapoturinaxuwelexajobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.web-globus.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikemudojudugamalubevifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marwaservicecenter.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zulorezonatareboxazononib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///37573272145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyescare.vn/app/webroot/upload/ckfinder/files/fezupoxinuxotezajanipafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbontuning.ru/file/43235396384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picart-personal.pl/fckupload/upload/file/dewapar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingcall.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tumebawavafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/4135282493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duel.pl/userfiles/file/gulenafiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=add+on+vpn+chrome+androidPDF 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_off0000aded.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xADED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC604 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 91858646422fb07d94b673b63f93116db6c763cfa14de1f1acf61cbb3ab640dd
font_02_sfnt_off0000ddaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDAF 14552 bytes
SHA-256: 992a5f2c31c9320dd1cee7d16d19c96e97c7c2013265c35cfd731075af3211f0