Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f818d66d0cafda15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 19:57:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: ec5dba2fe0c40ca976991a029b80e3c8 SHA-1: 5efdb29b424fac55bf6352302729a1f79a7bbd8c SHA-256: f818d66d0cafda158f53ce048cb77b5c5df4c90c5469ec618935df1c1b5cd69f
112 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of links pointing to disposable domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. This suggests an attempt to distribute malicious files or redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.ks-klinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakovavabisolij.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/71579446279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sromedical.com/file_media/file_image/file/49175797654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eegbiofeedback-leszno.pl/userfiles/file/letabubetabumuvajagazexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghotam.com/luutru/files/poxabofeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-companies.com/userfiles/files/34689702231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/707ectobhedjo07ce99dri7rc2/13576322455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specialcats.nl/media/files/satuwewamokibubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/72766617684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613508a1e7a07---6565201703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/fozetemafit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.cz/upload/88437626110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wideanglepackaging.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89681505029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/43769845756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n263qg4gatcfvqd80ao750lph3/kebelir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/retijadipafaxedirib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsjsbzrw.com/uploads/files/zojonakajonezabire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekoelprom.pl/public/images/editor/file/29027130963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/17629981031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivaldiroberto.com/img/files/mediafiles/file/87664416436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f26e38cb74a0168df8cb21a1445583de/73754801768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hujiangsy.com/upload/files/9079647238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/pivedekeniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0955205219.jwa.tw/userfiles/files/vitiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoithanhhang.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/68126730998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=free+discipleship+training+materials+pdfPDF 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_off00010b49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B49 19748 bytes
SHA-256: 84f1b9d8844ed26adc2f98e226ca27e39de607419352dd1241feb73d5899abaa
font_01_sfnt_off00013e97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000156ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156AE 10924 bytes
SHA-256: d758b76ec85a925f43f50b77fcbda40e2e7edc1ac8b66aeabd86f76d5187c496