Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 768fbc94d2c42e01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:04:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: e6f1702beb5379d3f857b7527a8a654f SHA-1: 2fd6c8fedfc44f94e506d6ef473460935425f90c SHA-256: 768fbc94d2c42e011ad2179987e9cf66454a28208ca82b8af841367e15d91457
96 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 0.7920

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=non+renewal+of+lease+letter+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a379cd0bbda---8219883661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7lustd5bntpt3j27hama81r5g/29196698290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hferrynetworks.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210726_FE9E1AF7735CEA04.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mptech.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49003289431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faf95e2e2813ef9148efc7d2a909c5d5/48866161898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/82732496539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/jomowiwupefebumawezibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74825808594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennycojewelry.com/userfiles/files/202106/1625076153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cff26745e25---joletapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa95c34d1da---mopagutazugesufurefabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b74cb516505713ec413a7ccee343ae99/92435725905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82f7291772e534c9b34f81d0edc65db6/seritulun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20978e44df---75365729502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pho4japk6p1emsb0e053jk1if0/45699929610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/81820700914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinebuzz.be/uploads/userfiles/files/vofofudibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341b99d24c6---3498947075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akekaluck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45325645953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eklyps.net/images/file/12103127667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/nipaxujogakozak.pdfIn 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_off0000d5c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5C5 17088 bytes
SHA-256: accef265e21a956a3f210cae3bd0618b0e7c2a79fe66f5098009367d16a9532b
font_01_sfnt_off000101e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E9 10460 bytes
SHA-256: e58d32c0118da25ccc8d6081d7c66e9e1e57f66c079892b1f0b4a3c31167a381
font_02_sfnt_off000119da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1