Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb5e3fc15ac3d242…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:24:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: dc537afde441798c525ae961dd482a6f SHA-1: 6ffa525d83550528a8087adb1884877f633b2bda SHA-256: eb5e3fc15ac3d2424cd8c971c74e312808c5868c5f8a50c8f18bc0abbd1f471b
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of embedded JS indicates potential for client-side exploitation. The IP literal URI is also suspicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356e796684a---petelunarilatinubov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tearose-kitchen.com/sites/default/files/images/imcefile/84232419480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/59828399725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ngeoisjntmmt5s5730vkh9p0l9/47713843319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irpuyesh.com/cache/fck_files/file/35028669363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chorland-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/13418914594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gldbirdgel.com/user_img/files/51458624809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsbulletsandbrass.com/userfiles/files/52816604593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aledrukujemy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91518799440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet-ap.com/UserFiles/File/68604779934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/jufagakato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvanluatdanang.com/upload/ck/files/8750721144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/wekemapikuwujoximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ieltsadd.ir/cache/fck_files/file/famokajorojugaxegubaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://127.0.0.1/bantraicay/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/petamubujipitimonukari.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/netufodewemolubipusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328ed029349---dolomavuwabuwoxapilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/74544645716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khautrangkhangviet.com/upload/img/files/46873926637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montagnobozzone.it/userfiles/files/99667626051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.ru/resimler/files/38862235470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/nakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/rinigidivitoxiduve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/punofogapap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15294315576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=animal+crossing+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_off0000eab5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB5 17712 bytes
SHA-256: 9359c326a3a16c9148731f9bd61864a6d79664ab92fbace501998b209a4d8d88
font_01_sfnt_off00011819.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11819 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 7eb4addaf7ee2e50561c41ff4731aa271794d6d1eb488738cae8f76346411d60
font_02_sfnt_off00012f92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1