Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c517ccc1a0602c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-07-15 20:08:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 2eff2fffa9eee84829b5f74e3b7ab32a SHA-1: eb15de071fa88e44769d930670d53b3d39e9bbe3 SHA-256: 1c517ccc1a0602c02aa7687c5d72c4628ccbd708ae8a92e8a81cfe334a4a6dcb
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 0.9922

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://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d59b9hoboh48ttt3huf6vv6t87/95071170535.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/49757485801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fef7139082---keruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de6520e35d---66001831434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/pikoput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ll7l0klidii7q4333heoiu7c79/64876910846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85472e76cdf0cebc0e86c524860ab2b3/20968617167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4b1a83b51---nowalevaxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad186f08619a42f1cbb837bf016f0555/wabikupelegelejezovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nixefafafokutagenak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutricion-intravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a148267e58b696e3708c7e5d8d5ec19d/2474462950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtipartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mopiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9kf18te37b0ilsc5g3kela2070/biguvogalezoxemunaxiwemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mflos8mic4n8i9b7ois4blvo6g/rabonitozaromi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42a46667aa8e8de680d1819006994b3c/ragelitamenepusakivejowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7050e2575a2ee869ce3781a3407bed39/23587478173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/2021531519429607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd4d4ecabf5dd72cef67c3608c8fe142/71763046039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749c3ef2e73---kosopuzipiwisogimun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/jekivegidevonenezudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9fe2a343e---39109127035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ba668feda---88169491696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ba1339e07---sabonisaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/477c64957a2c5b10b89ef98952be16a5/pimoxedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081793064fe7---13375760442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=interview+questions+and+answers+for+team+leader+position+in+bpoPDF 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_off0001199e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1199E 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 7c9b58facb13a8e8faa321a438d4b595198dd059fd87ce7955a7566c84839c3a
font_01_sfnt_off00013342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13342 18676 bytes
SHA-256: b139216d3f6acd02039e450261e6fcf8beea7ba5ea75378bb244f1b6206d64e7
font_02_sfnt_off000163af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1