Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98ffd0824b2f41ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 05:07:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e9971315da506e87d798da7c720262cf SHA-1: 437ac189c7c75d95f85757440213f87c1d101cb3 SHA-256: 98ffd0824b2f41ef0972aaae6c4b8cc0c0c72cd4d287ea5271c0fbbfc3302b61
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the structure suggests an attempt to lure users to potentially malicious content hosted on various domains. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF's nature as a link farm is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/79684908929.pdf
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7bd9db4a622ca92d1aff4161ebc099b/67551365224.pdf
    • http://debseven.net/UserFiles/File/85390717664.pdf
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/11238678055.pdf
    • http://lungtransplantopen.com/clients/d/de/de7cc03d42bda6b8b84c8ac9728529bb/File/37630253543.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dcd5d82ece35856c54eca5538fefefd/30187189782.pdf
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46375917392.pdf
    • https://perfecthospital.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34624657622.pdf
    • https://tungqibiotech.com/upfiles/editor/files/77563779631.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071434b03997---23658744628.pdf
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e84a103e500f2f18a7e933b1db687ae/rigidijeno.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a53ca602512---wokazamumizolasusunelomir.pdf
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ca49e9d2a---bivarebosadirok.pdf
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160befb191d5ed---67205532119.pdf
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a1267c938---medipigigifasavare.pdf
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/37038279665.pdf
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66aaba479d580d2bfac5a53ac25282e3/53550845883.pdf
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adf9529ae7d1c3bc7832e0c5ddcd7f6d/70033444851.pdf
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160932abbbed8c---13601287286.pdf
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/90754678664.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5f4e2459bb17c0d0cbd6424aad0cc4d/24747375805.pdf
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musibofiz.pdf
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/fujuzekufeti.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=real+housewives+before+and+after
    • 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_off0000fcf6.bin
2973cd4fe879997a95a354f1012798b789dc3cac6408652da297a8bd5fcf38f7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF6 17496 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012ab6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AB6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000142cd.bin
7fe7898bd1e4197785396de44b0c831a7b4e84954db7d658271ef66b3f5d2993
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142CD 10888 bytes