Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57580fc7af8e0919…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:08:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6d2abc66407274a711c5505a8e7cdaec SHA-1: da547efefa3316aa36a0a4cc3c0ddaab235c49c2 SHA-256: 57580fc7af8e0919bc4ae74647f873652bd6bfe01801382ea3a950aec765828d
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. This behavior is indicative of a link farm, likely used to manipulate search engine rankings or redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7114

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1e33b848da07eaa2ffe413486536a3b/66437046587.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://babyshelter.net/assets/upload/files/58527133773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/32375499799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad7a967d71568d61aae7d7b24d81f63c/rodamedomagixupulevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/62100562523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msnladyboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekaxadukoxezopatewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30c4e9d9f4d3bf159a121fc5e881fcde/kizelezunisagosakomad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/74710764064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu5j0etg1ag3nmvda3jl28g69r/8832689515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kefilogetefedoxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef03bcb0173d2680f7de56b648772d44/vizilopifabako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/buwirasimoduvowarovivux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cicadit.ro/UserFiles/file/buwajumawemekotudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/tagenaduzini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comtraining.cl/userfiles/files/57881062327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d066a534efd55fd456ffdd58a16bfce/busijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sca-kc.org/scauserfiles/files/66355642916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f7500b100---gogene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec3acc9e617529e5137d1282f9d768c5/wifivilosojakefinilupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b417167c6df---38516261748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00ba8a2a03---wuwewoxunosevuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecc29de473052fc53ab573f8de2aae31/13116619536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fond.ru/userfiles/file/77613401017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e594bbddae---rikiwakamotikomuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=psychological+trauma+thesis+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000cb3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB3B 16320 bytes
SHA-256: 83d404dd1f4ea7449e9f454cb1f5a316d9d99d2b980f74bb8ec5119287048555
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5A6 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 6fc2e604c8e493879f248dfa9fe423be6ed9bd47353ef83e21ffbc4ef8e79d45
font_02_sfnt_off00010fae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1