Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eaa3320ab2054deb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 05:16:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 12d758b0e194b2f5bed66da45dcd73ee SHA-1: 997eb955f2403159efe150b49f0d2490d7049f4e SHA-256: eaa3320ab2054deb39421beafa04d8e5cff22aca2bab0286666cd493b3a82a2d
64 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious. 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 suspicious score 0.3127

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://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fca7f99772---32510291329.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607001a337150---wovapagodar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regmac.net/userfiles/files/42944197770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hu6cs831t8ibookcho111q4pk1/56472221143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d04d4f5c7022d260790d07f7bf075e2/71632378884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd30aaf53a---luzufarefij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/jibevepovimezubod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/gexokif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mctuf2866u8lc8mh2jq3nurtn/jividesatemupotakenav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premium-h.info/files/files/81765681284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motacademy.it/file/depezesebenolozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d310837e53---pevimumogofosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15e273b230917b56e1bf3bf077c95f96/49521985926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/pedemogigitazatijonifulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nineslash.com/user_file/file/85520597887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de2dfaadc39d35c84ca9927438bc0c35/doxivoxufulowuzadito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07gu172ondvimu0t83tnbn6q02/96421245588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aaabf99b2a---14643444869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e090fa3a73---82220231143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c532d6193af432f3f18aaa3a2372ed7/wakajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/24415643448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fd8fca57ae1e62465479664099384a5/62460456153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rr88ltvtu9kb90e9oqb55pp1fa/48744745429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/5477810338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/mivefofulexigojezivasapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techniq.ae/admin/uploadfiles/file/94070549527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=functional+cyst+on+ovaryPDF 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_off0000ea74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA74 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 27aa475665b9c8c6bed1bc4906e44cd63df9f1cf10a4b4404b8f8a77eba46440
font_01_sfnt_off000101ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1