Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3095abba22b927d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:36:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 970492dbfb03ff58a84664353ba7b104 SHA-1: 77161db10fb81517d78cf984103580e753372297 SHA-256: f3095abba22b927d5aaebb850e7c54022ac421cee9e030c64bd5aa47decec110
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 potentially compromised or disposable domains. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest the document's purpose is to redirect users to malicious content or facilitate further compromise. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://ambulatorioveterinariocamali.com/userfiles/files/46229150678.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wasael.com/userfiles/file/nonefefokipowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiwtactic.com/userfiles/files/14968520593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkc6ee2h7htcrk4lpdmg24j661/taweli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725ca524c44---90575045325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carnesvarejo.com.br/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/wipagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generale-bureautique.fr/gdb/files/file/21733139500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/48111213138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e37dbddf63c---bitige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodgesmageefamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c9/c95619ca3ec29dd030dc8935b97378d4/File/dasododerajivifevugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddfg4lpqo0g3ineh038tpf1hrt/vipatixijumumefewejava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/gagukuzosudega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/76568269456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/60106021089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0c189c13a3---vasuwibakeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f45d2d0538---57644083857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/ladedilawepulumaruminugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/58867451421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf87c5c9183---65709651089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47772514372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e46cebd179---88981875341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ce843934a---kotevoroludonita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52299396240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25f0e223d5---14702226627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=above+all+chords+pdf+dPDF 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_off0000dc89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC89 18604 bytes
SHA-256: 54b4b0a9c612b8cbc1e98949ba8d46eeed5af8354f1582fc1893300a021d965c
font_01_sfnt_off00010bc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000123d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123D7 10612 bytes
SHA-256: b86eca8298bc681b6f464addda69273d0c5e4c54b71a0278bf7b968efd0755d4