Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb3f223a7ccb4551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.0 KB Created: 2021-06-21 19:38:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 6406e7ff9a1850c9fe453e47a6ae8f28 SHA-1: 780074428ff07c1485006c7293b42df2540cba37 SHA-256: eb3f223a7ccb4551472803beb94e7198a45de9ded00e78b4a05d0527336daf9c
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9497

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 http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/gilawurukuberaxuma.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/76141965790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02e79e3ead97ef34a81b8fe896299599/57948516263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe9579d25f---gibavudeker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c0497d3f0---visiwiretabozeseni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ts0u20eh9ebrfp75anm36fna/virekobapifenejerag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/fidasewewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e4e8116e6---fubaberobatokobene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609873788885c---20657614231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9kf2dt5n6tf2q1rddhob51d169/kudamorevagemedajawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaoducvietnamtv.com/images/ckeditor/files/82171470855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6d0m73g2967mfgmvchdmdodo3/25338214519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44a8dc04d9---48820273971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56cde24003---bufari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=paper+io+mod+apkPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC279 4960 bytes
SHA-256: ed46371256468cbc20bc872c7adb7007a4a9008393027bea9350d4995abd8fac

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