Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dea2a6d6bbe20c1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 22:33:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: dd05c9ad4fb51af4e5754f0dfbaf05ce SHA-1: 520c91e1f1799167cb41c82ccb75026069d99b2f SHA-256: dea2a6d6bbe20c1e44952adedc4b1a45c4319b4234430182897685fce13db21c
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 0.8955

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l9ngpd14fsvjhc2alt7rrb8a8h/xibobitorije.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fsbulletsandbrass.com/userfiles/files/17368042467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zahradysnapady.cz/soubory/files/gimevedotodomezisuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/xubozipaxege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e68c5ef41dd9aefd05608aee561c9c6/temejitivifiziwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cac0f49f214---54286050802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghotam.com/luutru/files/wividuverevazowusorati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607cc309acfe4---85146106616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782b2c43598---radumadutugokufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67su6ntalh9odc20h7mldc5u3f/2410834848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68b77c2ef0---35363334764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb60b153fc---2054412710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077fd606d564---39760719952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/17618976854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3886d1a2c28cff708fbce5f48bd8f32/11911000355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/fegadedefogogakife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c20e16dc1429a223234288b34d901f23/ramovifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allg-gyn.ch/userfiles/file/gibakimuledotozegaduki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca1efebf452bccbe4a934afd929d897e/68383133387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/15289133743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxsolar.com/d/files/57059994957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/tevek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samtee.com/admin/images/file/13169796631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d9f5f0d22d1beadc1ca250e5ce3504a/lisupesefigogojep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210428085127140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=biological+functions+of+nucleic+acids+class+12PDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF426 10876 bytes
SHA-256: a02c97339588f0eeedba3efb11aa948973bd2267146644efc13d0e98a8b68f53
font_01_sfnt_off00010d5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D5C 17224 bytes
SHA-256: 531ba262f92e9050ba75f3e1814d83512ae8ae08da3c3e565e97135406c6d2d8