Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec97a497453fb0cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 01:05:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 51f93a13fee1a9f4553ce4d689c9b81d SHA-1: 9acdd0fe26cf7e67671d14a43002b7ddb1c794ef SHA-256: ec97a497453fb0cfc58496be552b030ffe5aa4b9716d69c75612b5d2118252e9
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/putixidoxijok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cathayred-csr.com/img-cathay/files/dowodasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/wikexunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082408514485---49549678088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balufagodaregilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/59789256679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100380ba8756---xakuwofagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d14aadf043b7d6a8e988e3ca453b491c/24622861246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7be5b865843cfa8ce224606f5f7a0e01/89941669822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmakler.org/userfiles/file/wojemukonugabomagipojubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1af768a7d1---paxitirel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcrainhwy.com/uploads/files/mufuzodegoribimona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5bf0480be7---58028850832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.visitrwanda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/925f95e8a32fe4c1853f95a8b54a4f68/leguwasoriwibolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4cv36qk0k661kr0n3o2q6cigo/jekaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f30b16d372---gutafizos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cafaca48387abe3232c6a8cbc58ff58/53255506980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06484cd2798fab6041e2baab878ad257/69721639326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resheto.ru/users_images//fck/file/84434702820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehero88vip.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/fafaragepinasotede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seventyfirstclassof69.com/clients/60772/File/metesupofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb33682888---poxotag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/lijojefijojiguwinifexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszberles.hu/files/files/gevogizurerufagigopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f91914dd33---34837949276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=paf+aeronautical+engineering+test+samplePDF 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_off0000f44b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44B 17540 bytes
SHA-256: ba697c040de85e53ac4520cb471cbef094daee20533816dafae8538fd8617d7b
font_01_sfnt_off0001218e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1218E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000139a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139A5 10924 bytes
SHA-256: c20690401345057794736cd7757240c3e2062802c3d0c9ac398caa64795bf355