Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c17624f0ef00cd05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-06-15 15:14:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 123e3516811e9320ab76e91d3887b4cc SHA-1: 5fddca4e8717368f92516e9b079d1db6be894c95 SHA-256: c17624f0ef00cd057dc47c875cba90d6c4b79119ca0d346ad55adc24452e9e89
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+account+generator+no+human+verification PDF link annotation
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nltcbj934k0bubv5mpdm43hs25/neduxibididusizobane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faxik.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonusozalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kt5i9n0e3uajf4n3ipqhubad95/76132126075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9db0b940e---94530479936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/10826596444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1kml3cvbs9omgnr0r8lv7l457/piranunovebite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/47053486784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c24ef085be---nofesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/27593756818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8r3junuu8pu1qqu83vnj3v1si4/depiwebetowozafukerag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/61387902283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2be2005cfc---belitudakudodeverog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748f0876019---voruluridewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc6d134030---35745909403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gp1isjd40qj5qnq2h52tjf3ctq/90284940933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/7072626494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092076debae1---zonobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cefa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEFA 5152 bytes
SHA-256: 0b81972d8f352357de55e3d4fad7a3d157bffd6922e49113b46799dc3f5d9828
font_01_sfnt_off0000e06e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE06E 10112 bytes
SHA-256: 692504f10ba8f2997d5a09878c392ee240aa378b5e3a186faacf77a8515750dc