Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8f1a55ea93bd11b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:22:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0cf5cf2841fafed66c8c671731fb819a SHA-1: 13d0d6aa93aa34bff6a5e4dca9474ba363325ed3 SHA-256: f8f1a55ea93bd11b4d43107eca540aedbd8226b6e500a90fe18e3356d1d525a4
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 compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier strongly suggests malicious intent, likely related to distributing further malware or phishing content. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/doluwimenul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/867be409ca44c1aa93d66430eb85acad/13132532940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dream-mebel.com/pic/file/jofowabujedix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghalqi53rgb394stgr6l374u4o/5621536858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/57416206154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/xirapezurezimibavipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d3881a66d30b973d4b6a1d174769a17/pufufusafafelim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteplacard.com/UserFiles/file/jekuvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69370437140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09db62ad8fce89c04997fc574dfddb6f/gepusigagexalobavedivugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a564b564ab7---13017980366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813f1f20c6c---bumone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bed9f94c1172782e3b5a02cf0a769690/bapafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents//files/56684165485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendybiz.in/usersfiles/file/pigibufomaruxijamotote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/36745708545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://losaltos.com/wysiwygfiles/file/29182229672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazomotor.com/allinone/file/32906572029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/biavbkgskvld50543ngmgs7684/dewupazukadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607687d2bd571---weselefelasenited.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/90491500046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a264cf10aa1---nukikivuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3992dce799---zusetupufavukujuzoder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=masculine+and+feminine+french+worksheetPDF 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_off0000f769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF769 21060 bytes
SHA-256: a1bcc8a11196c9df3057e8d05d65579e37ac3e89e1a685256fc8b3d0e4e1b228
font_01_sfnt_off00012e37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001464e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1464E 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 5cfb74768490da6fa28cac3426ed0d4b78f9141c362ef42a74e12f68d9d3d937