Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c5e51ad70c2783a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:23:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b324aeb3b52a80c534dac87c8f565752 SHA-1: 9bb3956bb3ddc9150a1dce5e18f76890177614c9 SHA-256: 5c5e51ad70c2783a1ed3e8ec711cb2f8123072aff48ac2728a5193c3945fa429
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and utilize formcraft plugins for file uploads. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm to direct users to potentially malicious content or exploit kits, disguised as search results for a book title.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=breaking+the+habit+of+being+yourself+pdf+online
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a1ecbf4c5---81213894548.pdf
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjtvdu1hmc87gkc5cplrevrjuv/befadelafexoxopaji.pdf
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc7c2b60d1---disekazox.pdf
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078517b4bced---58619840486.pdf
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/95937167273.pdf
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50379ce6276b7941cf2e889098bc8330/seduvozejifixozakad.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6860f208e---65503735703.pdf
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3s0h8vni1v9u2kmrst4gqd948o/10061757746.pdf
    • http://yongqingtech.com/d/files/sumawofudinafig.pdf
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ee5593bf5---96957699568.pdf
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210710191404.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b713d8ad14---jegokekarosibewo.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124e0b5f13f9---tapawetakefanobikiv.pdf
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/xigajupukosivi.pdf
    • http://phpirateboosters.com/clients/867602/File/55926667450.pdf
    • http://josepholszowka.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pinibefifugilogu.pdf
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cbfa510164---17184088626.pdf
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/20619344899.pdf
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/kalozoda.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d2564b870---puvurefuzoteb.pdf
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/43649713004.pdf
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/dajodapozufijojawuta.pdf
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eq5nqf3481h4n8ogvf86e1r21/wixiwowubudasapaviluv.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://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dcf3.bin
d5249ad5b96c4677027c2c005ba638bb6888a62076d5d6c376d25c0364e4ecb9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCF3 18616 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124fe.bin
8f9f5af38736186883c0099f4e1f77a3c7bc9d693cf0a7f3ab9e2029b6011526
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124FE 11276 bytes