Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1787c20bdb811e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-10-03 07:54:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 46546d5b2cb8f0868874846557457be6 SHA-1: c36c713e3f7c5db2618b70ef11f69e535dba5f52 SHA-256: f1787c20bdb811e325f64b1e3b7bb047b99f90e9b641654071805d89eb868eeb
104 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 PDF documents. The PDF also hosts a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination of malicious redirects. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32a38479d9a74f30fb7cea2669b95a91/98529636507.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/2214470351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blfnjtbguif4ej7f76872m09o3/37371903693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starinviter.com/ckimagefiles/jatetubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demo755.webbazaar.com/uploads/jetosajagavaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceomit.com/fckupload/file/4982514822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pixel-pro.ru/upload/file/9108834079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjul4r2pg2ph5qquub14pafjff/rowujavejabimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatstone.com/upload/files/97573105169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalavto.ru/userfiles/file/xuximibadukuxirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endobible.com/userfiles/file/motekesovatewexisafebexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincodehub.in/userfiles/file/vakoruwoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vejelepidewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.es/d/files/31107807532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/gezuwelufunuvelixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/71190010829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhorder.com/upload/files/86367676012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmshospital.com/mm_engg/files/21373945503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161530302ce718---vatoxaveturiluwugevufupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jainfarms.com/uploads/46589091166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://printrun.nl/userfiles/files/33526072693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wimudone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.me.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210901_213657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210911_170401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/58080909352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=textbook+solutions+for+class+10PDF 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_off0000b1b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9CA 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 76b7db63ed6084b37262a0f746b668f45a54438249b8658cfa3cd1d1e1401158
font_02_sfnt_off0000e334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE334 15196 bytes
SHA-256: d7e48c91789a6d620ea176e34f2671df31dfd66f2dfa5a708363416c688de7e7