Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e412cf3afa105ec0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:46:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 939869ebb2d1730e2a187d9706fb6a85 SHA-1: 6974777b825eb7a98c9cb9d597df76bb96f88fb4 SHA-256: e412cf3afa105ec0a72a42c48bce98eadd945beabb36cafcb3aec79432071529
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains an embedded JavaScript stream, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The PDF also features link farms pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the assessment of a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d84f25a24---fidowudogu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tetobox-budapest.hu/uploads/files/jomoxibodupeneko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicupclose.com/clients/f/f7/f7c291dfb329fbc33054893077acf627/File/xanemagumapomakawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/89609333107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coral-travel66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokamidupaligawizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/xujejonisarar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsuorui.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210717/file/16265118854677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wagoxupajisonufomibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/tonimimizegujegabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/lalemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4601ab1a3c5d375736ec600dd5f57a5a/18704805425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84322971404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffc27deeee---tozamebukijojiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/82604594676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161168666c0543---bowupodidorufubokun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/levibeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thamdinhgiadaiquang.com/img/files/53786524939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singlesync.com/userfiles/file/67685868051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/42974470882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqgtnomu814i9702gdgogit6u0/kujorulovewipef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjxbw.cn/userfiles/file/tusax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jifuzulakusolipoxeteputij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/pevuxoxodamojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamkr.com/userData/board/file/35415445957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expomediainc.com/upload/file/riwijofuwoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/gedimexifewalafexanotisew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ladybird+story+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000c6a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000deb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEB2 17496 bytes
SHA-256: d1b7ef50b9b67f31dd08009db42e1d26baaa276105eecc3e95ab63468e5b800c
font_02_sfnt_off00010be1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE1 10512 bytes
SHA-256: fa7473645e8dc0beccda5bf064a3433c53e1ada05bf935d9add153485d4b4f35