Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5e937eb5277f6ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-07-20 17:03:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a852ad1fc02c56ddece152926c3d23e6 SHA-1: a06f50fc95c79987f70369a900d2a0c266d79b6e SHA-256: f5e937eb5277f6adcabb2c516f54d47ad9642ab62b953c8417048df2e4393290
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the link farm pattern suggests an attempt to distribute further malicious content or lead users to phishing sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious code or the redirection to these external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 7

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://keigan-productions.com/clients/863431/File/xerazazanitafoxukixabezus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/ranupolun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/vuwijowanusugirubedewaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/8925524227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birsamundapark.in/userfiles/files/53900873504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childconcern.in/trila/userfiles/file/juzegoresibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d208ebc578e---wakokadevaxovov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/bumaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/276714c024c78f5afb3db56312752905/12271051689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72ugdr1fok3iillma4u2q3cb51/11969895434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af969cd4e7f---293708231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed413dafb4---potudewanapizafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f3909c4c4---figapipejezax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099be5ba2ed8---7687716581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edmaker.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a21d1d8c3c2399ddffff7a0301537bac/kupatigemiteziwujafom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/31284373245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16073244a91dff---nuzifubabotatelisege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeneifogaszat.hu/cikkdata/files/84684578148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6e7d7d01d33c1dc7f5ccdadee6599ed/90264262165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caa3c321d3bd6508c14dc58ce9ef9b22/85074880926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a465b2db0---72140195791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmfnepal.org/userfiles/files/niziraxaziba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euhoca.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82335840574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7e9d4910b---gozesinigibitetewibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=triumph+boat+owners+manualPDF 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_off00011ec7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC7 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 1f899daf73885aa48a39c0bbabd5deedf1468519040945818a64fd69eb97d69e
font_01_sfnt_off00013752.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13752 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 1567f7a5bfa557901534149bd6b985a554805e290cb3d41c985be2b149fe3066
font_02_sfnt_off000166cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1