Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4408e11771596d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-10-01 01:01:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f23107b269039ee1084bde3ed75c9e98 SHA-1: e0375a5179ce0f0856e5976a846daa3bd1e20620 SHA-256: f4408e11771596d579e5ed1ca8022be3fbd44d8971ce7998537e19836bec9862
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the heuristics suggest it's an image-based lure designed to trick users into clicking through to attacker-controlled sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+identify+diverted+calls+android PDF link annotation
    • http://kooijobs.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14194211350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161539ea9660f0---46379553081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kossuthdigisuli.hu/userfiles/file/goluseguponosumelezewewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/50499805992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xnucleus.com/members/member_images/files/30285721949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///mukesuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasantitosrestaurant.com/userfiles/file/94927591136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04b55f2ui3nfhnv8lk46b9is03/kudunoguvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfroccatiassociati.it/userfiles/files/guloriwupuvebumez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/podoxoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kriosispl.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68421538390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calienglish.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/84691448836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613304192e68a---99198599375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/74121462345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkergeneralcontractors.net/userfiles/file/11760375460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dukopozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/rezedewixupizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zagi.hr/files/jumoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/zorimanaxasodezogogetud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/5203579582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlineadda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24128219426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/77447824312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kuwaitpolyurethane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38743202672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariomauracotti.it/userfiles/files/18953892425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210903073101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB387 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB9E 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 14dc02e3309712f7115226ff03ac3b55eaf02c1dbd3dc717ccd878002aa88c84
font_02_sfnt_off0000e46b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE46B 14172 bytes
SHA-256: fcae2dcddfa4b23c78b5e42936beb82914189542940885d5ed6067e6c166d79e