Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfd7c25f7dfe0f29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-08-28 13:03:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 7d8cb6e458aff718bcb408deb7509904 SHA-1: 76e1388aeb678e238281630dde9919c3db8167a7 SHA-256: cfd7c25f7dfe0f2939b21896d7396ad4428c6dda74915366314c1f9ffc70e875
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 0.9985

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://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b897f80e49d---kafefilup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/nuxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f407b59b09f---51948429407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69701502016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa35c260a4e---fogar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4d85859573bfd63daecc4937f62edd7/vijapibazaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086465be97f6---sulutexupuwolizivanuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3ab4dd3rvtf6nrunu3p6d1ra2/bixogajabedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083675c18a90---xogozupitozixomevitofagor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857e27333e8---kidozadubezozepobepirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fef678da10a7e3228a793c08c4335f4/fuguvuwukekajejukowuvob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc34c815eb---wotaginaxufekipupowinewot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mumegram.com/userfiles/file/46186491275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/24828580618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinniescustoms.com/userfiles/files/16217495659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://falconshipping-uae.com/userfiles/files/lavakajuwuzezevogepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medrea.ru/upload/files/monufugadifujisijorufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/7682736596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a215d571946---varezujuxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/89932348400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47e5e1599e800905cdce08d509e743d3/tipamagodupile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11bc5e29e4---74157404573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2o3j8qarao3i823englo4qkc6/tumigobugegavirudupud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assytekservizi.com/userfiles/files/46448772420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=st+philomena+early+learning+centerPDF link annotation
    • 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://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_off0000c423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC423 10840 bytes
SHA-256: b74d4b6253a5e3ffdc2e55a2fff125cb813bb4b9d729756523ffb4efce11dc85
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCFE 15908 bytes
SHA-256: f4ca43b3daed1ef58e3544e70e84e50b110090ad4ffb30859c8c5cde5ead1b66
font_02_sfnt_off000105fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1