Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7eeea825d08399d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:24:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d90e94707bcd75800a4d1db4c2002417 SHA-1: fa921b90dbca9918ae11ae3badf3d8263a019560 SHA-256: c7eeea825d08399dcc0d3c053fe3e7082a09b9242c1ca3f9669b1b99a9107cbb
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and numerous external links suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be496de581---todugupofasizoxizezit.pdf
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/wejamewukomajojewekeva.pdf
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ac0404340---wetazesiwemejusat.pdf
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c22811cd9c7---2661081618.pdf
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa72037239---janizerodosufoxoxexab.pdf
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf907a4280a---jozogisoturiketinexusowav.pdf
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050111071573499.pdf
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d5221c773---37580620682.pdf
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a09d3936fe0ed3413d6f8c4293bc734/toduropakuxuduwif.pdf
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3220b5dc98---93950062087.pdf
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/68070523595.pdf
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanejuserajurus.pdf
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/790de39482b456232d912c8247ebd887/dotuwavabibojigupemikaz.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c96d4eb0fe---pajusejepebazoxinokod.pdf
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dbe558ac372ff8009ad83c3e3753a9f/gudiripono.pdf
    • http://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/92922774405.pdf
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/89334778843.pdf
    • http://svx.su/ffile/file/38553481455.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077335a3470f---towulugorijenofufow.pdf
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d3c70f57e---zidogunemife.pdf
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608666099ce4a---43939723872.pdf
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/47593533748.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+polytechnic+degree
    • 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_off00012728.bin
d285b68c8a11efe78a644376b77e9fa07b3a9bda5d7a5d7519637bb9817c12b3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12728 10900 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014028.bin
6bd18116364e7a331b4779484fd9acf3364e7d3da7df74952a25ab717d740761
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14028 17316 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016d92.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D92 16792 bytes