Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7988a9d577bb6b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 17:53:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 597fa1aee8cb31cbee1a4bdf43be2a38 SHA-1: 6befeef34aec9c3185373b9bab5028b3e4936496 SHA-256: d7988a9d577bb6b49dc87642c959cbf6b6ca27c70aeaba2baf298a2bebadfa2e
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of multiple compromised upload links suggests a coordinated effort to host and distribute malware. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or scam lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgk3g67garojc15vn57qrnmh05/28236985883.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210530_011856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakerfamreunion.com/clients/1/13/13be4b03bdabdd3a133c3ee64ed6201b/File/dorebano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945cd11b90f---jisilonasabanewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b9b6ec179---rokafudezovarovago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-5/file/2021051106020673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0af4fda7b6---41185541060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f9e40c1f734faa27eef228fe592859a/pedijegaturupalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idealhca.com/admin/images/file/84745530961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/063dab0794fefe91384229c0b11f23a7/kerilapama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4995c4f75a1374443ba3c7fca3ecc0da/xidukezurezisabafax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/tonewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/6532071892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48cba8f89dd105b747c312302c4b4ad2/46885650916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcbd9ed081f9b0396ed02cd26b807a87/torupekepanug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/20506841286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37956ca9adb0fedcb050fc50d0a3385f/34364432688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c3387de9bc48e23b8d03ef14cf540c0/84248655553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d26d04ab0613b93a0ccb48e02666197a/bamoseropafogudamuzodaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nmcs.ca/userfiles/files/60568158909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2969a062462d810f5fc97e77e1bd451d/11458700778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d66b8bce4---malamerus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c950cc6d75---34889986127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084852841a38---simumipax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pleasanthillpchurch.com/clients/5/55/55aa087cacc886b2254ddcc242c0699b/File/32504838185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ideal+ejection+fractionPDF 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_off0000dd2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF540 17204 bytes
SHA-256: bb280b59bcbf2f67f331c544d717f5ccdcf419b850c7b6e6d7f7791d20396ad3
font_02_sfnt_off00012259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12259 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 247ae9bf24006eed83cee648b912549098e5d2f5193182d065d280b34c1c802c