Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efeccc9009d4c8e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:43:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d5a778fa476fadfd9b36a8bbc606f8b3 SHA-1: 1ad19cb15837f9a9501f954538fcb43bc2ba3dac SHA-256: efeccc9009d4c8e87b75eaac1e1a1424c852df7871416a6d4478faf2c24374b5
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to other PDF documents hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This behavior is indicative of a link farm, often used for SEO poisoning or to distribute further malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the ML classifier flagged the PDF as malicious, and the presence of compromised upload links suggests a deliberate attempt to leverage these sites for malicious purposes. The primary attack pattern observed is the distribution of links to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7061

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://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ec14c787f9---gobokovogebopapamolijej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewozadilumujilavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/75074068954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096262ec928e---24331809828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c14e5a432df37262e060c5c8fb75392/36531073671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comillaspostgrado.es/userfiles/file/9271441650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihdbd.org/upload/files/67584370563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afea300b9ab050cbf173e1bb9825894f/pilifumagikinera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/4229847659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761fea9773a---menukabipanogorixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bqig0gecv0ltd4vtd29fptpg4/28813036476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photonart.nl/phpcmsys/file/zajotezizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a096102eb8f---fifurikolilabisojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/nakejal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/167bdcadd9b1ab67ce3f2eaeef646502/pibumebipapukizetew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spiuruguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15860768584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56557023823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/16966141837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/41521405450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fu5nt2helkvj43gfqm9g65dkqu/31073169388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbddbc9e687---75192201312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8331db288c258613dca51d3abeaca324/5505666865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donaldbermanmaimonidesgolf2021.com/clients/0/0d/0d43fbb8ff91cab41fa1b056c0d912a9/File/80927546300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=funciones+basicas+de+excel+2016+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bf71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1