Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eecedb4600df0b39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-28 00:44:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f2123c667770e698b041e0b598170dca SHA-1: 83e8b3e6854d077a470d259fb00651c2ba7bd0fe SHA-256: eecedb4600df0b39af188ff5fa6e596e77ad26089cfcc7c397a761333d95ca4c
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the heuristic firings suggest the document functions as a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content, likely through a spearphishing attachment vector.

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://medpressa.ru/files/file/gagekirov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161480f67ad413---jinozolabasixigavor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitarofindiamd.com/userfiles/file/6635749753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsospice.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/4459457908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plagij.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gomet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16151dcec41e56---xuvebukomemona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaytravelandholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/topifibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/zebonuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f28fc84f47---97912797074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tatvan.in/userfiles/file/tinarinanub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyo-g.net/userfiles/file/suvevobadofaluzivub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/lazosakibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9523dcaa7e56140d1b8d6156c4ad1a7/35981461445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsyjdq.com/v15/Upload/file/20219111759308959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/84027381146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65448030087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/xikezorugozuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1544-7419.net/upload/fckeditor/file/vusidufasonarojuguzupix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147b38aa0cad---witaxikilala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antopol.topmebli.com/content/xuploadimages/file/6699504479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kssi.ir/public/userfiles/file/gomumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/kujemixenurusipaveme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0293cbe2fa154c45c6610dda2d6b0121/pedabiwexizawen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgc.to/sites/web/upload/files/92875242996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://free-spirit-city.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/34361658950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.com/userfiles/files/95613442620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=imoba+apk+injectorPDF 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_off0000b457.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB457 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 3a735a6138aef007fc53f18f7d8e9432329b43d42a725a0b775c905445a2e91d
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e47b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE47B 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 37607e0ec3dd9c29522def01b0f63ad0de6b335f8ed0be6f0fc1f925574f2b6b