Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3f4365e1add36ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:34:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6194ff8f8e639fdf6d6577a6344b0080 SHA-1: 3eebd7fc1666dee43957b30a9031fae9c371fff6 SHA-256: f3f4365e1add36aec5d869ef70a7a9384ece64a2705ca97bb2c0ac14d7aed727
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content likely prompts the user to install a fake browser update or extension. The embedded JavaScript may be used to facilitate this lure or download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://moreit.ch/productinfo/file/28438998728.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed2516e6b5a---59566851005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/6941329071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3124c69c89---pusisireneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/7981785219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wordtmann.beckbauer.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79349890943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coopinproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/digewenominoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog/file/49844863795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etgdr64k4g7ve896eg33b4iri1/54313822356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prodomasa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15608111029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38850155126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/60652983731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/34539319746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q54u7rmut1lhkld3vfjojr8e0k/fewiwisurijapipina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/16145138814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmj2k8gfq0714jm2v2obtkrsf1/29738106687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rintrans.com/files/wepisiwevosugafanetem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aeb1688a23---ravuworizofapifivoger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/wilurarenuwipoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/91685284122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/31880710341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c4b5d16f135863f4c605e9dfd5bfe32/lidiwoloviritijoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c8ae99ea0---fawadumutikoluxibenave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9470d6a77---23992468889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baggiez.net/userfiles/file/99123356659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=concluding+sentence+worksheet+high+schoolPDF 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://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_off0000e657.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE657 19144 bytes
SHA-256: 6c963746b2286318297fe37cb872d8d15ddfb7f8205f823fc9e400b8ef5d7939
font_01_sfnt_off00011869.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11869 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013080.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13080 10796 bytes
SHA-256: d74b39ca4913d2a99cf169e4203e9635d545139bcb0f75da52e67b5c2e341b20