Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fee7c69e39a4cd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-08-15 06:53:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: a171e9210600127341f9ac5faf7f1cca SHA-1: fc217a02967a555c808b4174335e3290b7499be2 SHA-256: 2fee7c69e39a4cd66b609aba63dbd52085001fcbe2c9d090e9e1ed12d64c981b
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by an ML classifier. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. These links likely serve to redirect users to malicious content or further stages of an attack, possibly through SEO poisoning tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/30112690223.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/majafawenorutatevuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072df6f72077---99658114486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/46863543452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/fiwoxefizokenaximirosises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6seb6c36kukam63gijing5p95/9995615215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/90404647113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202108091651488702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29e1cee955---69591922937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d5e83af49---revizovorukamer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a09b398d2---39944349261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc88a7e2ff8ef5722f1dfdc69a87ef4f/9792085010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa443b770d1---ridinimesexixera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/95136419294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/lidodofedavugolatuzekigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9eefc29efa---15971887953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/67734906394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zogijabigidalovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ombs.ru/uploads/files/bipimorowarafawiwubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98fbf8ea989206e9ac517dc7080fe256/mevovevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapluonech.com/upload/files/57006262142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/bufudufugatuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/29787976353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=free+mortgage+loan+payment+calculatorPDF 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_off0000d600.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD600 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE17 10648 bytes
SHA-256: b4014a0c18c92ccce61fd788272c52f6fc416dbfb7c4b3d3635b2f83a3b3f90e
font_02_sfnt_off0001067f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1067F 16532 bytes
SHA-256: af087de2a2605ec8f0f1ed1a8f5b1ee65b4ce2f29c38a3518279703de53e8e4e