Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f158df6b7b3cd6bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:06:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 612b8d46698977ba17e110b73b72802d SHA-1: fae87c09016f111dd1db1f6f7cdd439a33a81b9f SHA-256: f158df6b7b3cd6bba5cb22d03ae0867f83ba1084a6949fdedef57cca707d17e4
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URI heuristics indicate it is a link farm designed to direct users to potentially malicious content. Specifically, one URI points directly to an IP address, and others are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. No document body text was available for analysis, but the heuristics strongly suggest a malicious intent to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 https://taptigrihnirman.com/singhania/downloads/file/19932436936.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/21289904999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd19debe3c---tomapukovisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adacu.org/userfiles/file/20210714115258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/wakokogemimumodaxubetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f2b3e0024---66534250635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/10959398203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamuiboe.com/webroot/upload_media/wiloromubusuriduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/19203263986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohp3f2i9761v26nanc01q0odt5/94748124814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2bd72ce277---lariwikenufexotudekopajip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2717251b65b5a2c7fe971b14e009b646/77719666454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b70f2b3da---vefegajojudusipikumofodov.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/fumavekem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/82066592852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/296f1300794a876232c1918551333eae/92126025054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-vrignaud.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kekesobojaribur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a382dbfeca76ad3409e6698ab59a69db/ginujulizojus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/33410838454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iuoelocal870.com/kaizen/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58812222762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30424136882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/62740597271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyhotelsgroup.com/uploaded/files/tefakixiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/mimomapuzaridubapoxikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklinehs1964.com/clients/6/6a/6a3559cec3eb17f551da2d864c8c85ab/File/70535437256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=law+firm+definition+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_off00013d77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15589 20364 bytes
SHA-256: 394ccd90e00ef29ab02542c7882fd9cbac67c8ac390a5163c96bc9387ded29bc
font_02_sfnt_off00018b97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B97 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 8c65668c9bdcca6ca8880c8260ee7313b4e29e4b0e62b39747c3497fcf8d40a3