Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec88ccf7a4e2703a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 09:38:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a1c93523ae8aa413efdff7dc6ba190d3 SHA-1: 08c03b014f802202cdc883b9d6c7c9fc0bacdf1f SHA-256: ec88ccf7a4e2703a4c4f44e27514b96c5169cdac84a03105845ea7b67a236785
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the structure aligns with a phishing or malware distribution 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 http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608752ff0d989---28023119359.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106181726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b556d9e281d5db7045849308411bbd2c/mopodunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a8a933bce---sopinejidivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12fd3d9082527f30ae2325292f5de945/86850134186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qlbnjfuk2iask5cp6sisrlps14/xipimuzidogofoxubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tskrea.com/userfiles/file/piboleduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bc9484ca5---28595444711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/37603389352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicaldistri.com/ckfinder_files/files/lewojemerumijifujapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/kawenakibuwebigamukugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc0f8d0ce7f35cb22402762e1d00c0a/kakalupuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/19775570099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc89c20db8---39807178261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc2705631e---38446388552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qrc485j8meibf1d3fc6et3a6sm/49075014369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab343e024e6---53516195164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c2103216999a90b0c15cb14243a7924/68979278568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0a659d3a2---zijorokifogidapipugew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d23e7489067---nojepizabatimojovuluju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballstonfamilymedicine.com/clients/861402/File/lalobimazetavafiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99edf2eace78803e739df1c0d9d40a6d/xekulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnysft.com/d/files/zupifokelevevejusefagejeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/265f7b2cf34ed1b17f8f6985688d4be8/dasapinarilepugojexoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7ae3ed8d11---mezapabovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=male+rainbow+troutPDF 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_off0000e852.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE852 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 588da7691d384b8a4219e9ee9940022aae7cf5a79a025575f86d8fcfbb161a37
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF7E 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 4f21f5fc3e9d06b2b6033dc91c71fb8f55f6f48ed8d7ff5d71d1f6fb2b8e084e
font_02_sfnt_off00012cb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1