Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00db7d56d326519d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-04-28 14:08:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 48ccdb36e9ec118f817e017b1b88d20e SHA-1: 0113dfb7224385f3ecbfb4af7b647d4c0df96eb5 SHA-256: 00db7d56d326519d23787dd76a77b708d6040e603b4ae6be1fcd6d420344d359
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous other PDF files hosted on compromised websites. This technique is often used for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of multiple links on compromised CMS uploads supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf5205437e---46592860109.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0fddb907ca35a82e2d817c9eb8fea02/51741281171.pdf
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg1p86uk3cli09fiudaqslvu53/69775528472.pdf
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bd982a2d3---47294354899.pdf
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bc7a2e83a---kelif.pdf
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9182bc21a21299b9eb7f3031b8062e56/lijozenepilesakusi.pdf
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbc67b788e---fibowavadajezuzubad.pdf
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4f39cc433---tefoxivolulezo.pdf
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ea1a3367cb---39516937149.pdf
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/161ad5a8f51d39b8ed7c0f5eb60bc01c/40349250367.pdf
    • https://gofropack.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1890d0c1e5da42bb83ad0ac0e62905e9/zuwadateku.pdf
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f248e146738807598f5187b060a12e27/18811460388.pdf
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff6091c03b5128456dc4cd63da46da61/53162651510.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8bf4ee63d35547409905358d58de7a8/bibuzamuxakutuzopixeniji.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qerfkq415ecqcuh734pfd0a0bh/33635570386.pdf
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e3a62c002---13606393135.pdf
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087dcb3b0e3b---91962058335.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cardiovascular+examination+osce+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d6ad.bin
6037d7e98bc30c289236afdb81e6584f495c1ed3b30b78f8794bea5d6c9013cb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6AD 5336 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8c5.bin
6b66d9af1682f931f02fa33810d69c04e5dd525b66314536e32c11c1af9058ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C5 10280 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010bda.bin
1158d95dac44631f497756703988ba3645251422e7ff0015d3fca430225e7c3e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDA 4324 bytes