Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5251f17f04cf91e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:24:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9e554573313041d2b2473b9ec6a46183 SHA-1: 5950999cd231d469e4aeb72d43029f60325674e7 SHA-256: f5251f17f04cf91e6bfeaf4fda8e2e87cb710ae68387d8a032e91d7152610c4b
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 0.9976

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 https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a930f884a4---ligebifiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e128c5f3443---35009575179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oskarmak.com/userfiles/file/57672604039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f72adb3ef9---4727344737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6m46h36veomns448m5ok6p71sd/56165037157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x-site.by/upload/editor/files/82486484882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bfdc196cab538626929405acd0c11c7/99294057802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dadb38dd9a4aa94454bf8a5d65edc9b1/36725764170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r116fmnv45f6fkc2aspgn6c7tk/67355452880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///2021816133746292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f1f5d7362dbe288125b48ae5a98209f/90234945796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/wapesifusaxuxuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypcalumni.com/clients/2/24/24042806289e0d450134266962f0a0d8/File/zavokulurajodovotedovowar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/sodugebekudujovinabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/fimolomipitona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/puleduzapinol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98332cd75dfe03f9268ba6d287ca551f/fiviriruvepaviludunenagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocphuocjsc.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/tabisijamufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c413c95714---rufaxekipor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dyaa.club/uploads/file/velevojejokawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/pojogodufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/24809665533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contrast.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tibemobuvinapuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=caracteristiques+du+nouveau+roman+pdfPDF 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_off000152c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152C3 11076 bytes
SHA-256: cb4f85b22576bb95fe0b1f96b3844abe4b3c5e40da2474725fd1399185168f35
font_01_sfnt_off00016c69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C69 21400 bytes
SHA-256: 4465ead59691ed7deba66bc9509988a18294c5534ec848f15af180b63c20fc81
font_02_sfnt_off0001a26b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A26B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1