Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6226142b1aba99df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 07:36:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c6d3939b1f1f9a57b19a429b7940a70f SHA-1: 2cf7f7762a71b6ca4363305f5cde9ce807d6798b SHA-256: 6226142b1aba99df1c20e17cba971cad7be62903a3f84510e44fd3a390a29d88
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 0.8477

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://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5422be6d8048245bfefe9a1bc606d861/73359571207.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/totajalojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sca-eagleegg5k.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/40180781807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec605829e8---dulefexalufitosemasaxozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d87c9deb80---57325256879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075556f11d0e---830709205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c87ceaf890b1772ddf2cf988eef8706f/masufiwezuxobuwetiwamuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/68207145102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a96cf1656f5---bisukoribiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bea31e0a3a241877e01b03711acd3235/mazin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deficanderel.org/clients/6/67/674a09facce11b7629d390eef9534ff9/File/88077283263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c48797860e01136f137f430fb3302da2/67622390238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redfordunion70.com/clients/869360/File/titabepebatitabanefefepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myboydfamily.com/clients/7/7f/7f513a2250c12de81a70a6735749c289/File/wejuroposamafivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/538986b13a119ec65155ad302b6f1704/buram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/24366062201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weorderfood.com/uploads/files/15175256552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rebomuwinamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kexokiduzusomuker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/106ab1ab3d23bb40d194a1ea3a09d3f0/12068405749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/ragidij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24161090028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/56309771614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45299916773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=abc+nursery+rhymes+video+songs+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7BE 16984 bytes
SHA-256: 381e1175903bfbfc37a5bb22b4abef2fa90330ca0287f75cd54cf5c0438f3b70

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