Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17e742026532ad2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 15:18:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 488a7504a582d2a795a0ec891c929bef SHA-1: d36abc5f98c7671cd3a1d01c1b0216128b6a7138 SHA-256: 17e742026532ad2f91dff818d226e2dc2168159168b8241f1812c03a65d1d388
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+fill+out+ppp+loan+forgiveness+application+form+3508ez PDF link annotation
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rlmpqdkjntiqg204d9g7n8ui36/52878526135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/pizepedozukixam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrbrentacars.com/files/others/10639514215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natatourism.com/userfiles/files/lidevedulojazuzexiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e13a5542a---28893294234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa143b5e01ab67bf0777e61ed3ddc139/wukeseputepurilifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610dd6ee73b7a---newifotat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepinieramontana.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90893991717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/pefunepijedulizeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbc9c0ee1a---55251697463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://360global.ca/userfiles/file/82774633926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097cdd2898a5---71455271492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d1b085fa9---tiwesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/jemisinulosifevokewuzob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/sigazarepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607127818b712---92513125617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qisue72mfj1siot37svriftdf0/kodajekopifokovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210703164850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5071o1qv67d62e0v0ukevjdrih/wefobadetewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/xadulisokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ni5jgjvhj8shrcidjol49ucb3/62981350130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70bb1cc1d0---bivorukilelekaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupenahno.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oe9jgb74io16bar4e8stj7meot/bavuzexujenalerik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811df590d25e47a92c7385c949975c5d/figumanekem.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_off0000ed08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED08 17100 bytes
SHA-256: 2ef99416fe61c7ef2caf68be96b2b89f611f7ee565f518a2dc4117f94fdde659
font_01_sfnt_off000119b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C9 11760 bytes
SHA-256: c8cc5e2fecf772762fb6ec31133829033fca75dcbb342e5a91a33c6129480fc0