Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed5eb988d062434c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-08-06 16:48:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 200aa812d9f7fc8ae8bbc156e7194995 SHA-1: ac5346d3c97ebb593e0e17fda05c18d528fc1302 SHA-256: ed5eb988d062434c3614f9ebffb84f61e7e3b9dbca651c6e7d8e0d7c8b0744b5
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 0.9991

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://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c8e5b7a5a---7198148584.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100413897bb9---82024762508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/84491997370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/4580613213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b697df165---84211099603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1oq9uq8p233ftbk4if3s88567/rajogemijafavumuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/vexutareluno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/bexevoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexicourse.cz/res/file/83488941442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof68.com/clients/73441/File/95256810007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersenergy.com/UserFiles/file/93177823127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/nubojujudanoromijonepesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akekaluck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79539235125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequeanglaise.org/upload/files/79169643746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/jigubujenediguvorinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/lowoxuzuronofonijiwire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/nufanapaposawobewefurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3shbt0ugfbhcrtketimrn4vap/pabuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dc5b3f8c4d36ee4e8dbfee6eea1b884/nibakapawosozemonokejiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/29181338439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df72a3f59c---vivofetezimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/jofumifogadobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/48840228360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+electrical+drawings+look+likePDF 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_off0000cd8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD8B 16600 bytes
SHA-256: c9137205c91fe5305c8c53fcc97e2117aba79eacafd9f820903035810b7640e2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF876 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 87004d0b3dfe1106bd2573960d28d0b050106bcb306521b8941318edaa3cac51
font_02_sfnt_off00011135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11135 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1