Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c097abbeed60d0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 00:55:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 43c5651b74052f135b580188c89dcc0f SHA-1: 667555aca01b552ec46d90397c8ffd6421a05c0f SHA-256: 1c097abbeed60d0ccaf2d8310ebb7cce64521ff78ab1b8628ff823e0e2a0d113
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer. It also features numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://ndmoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/80180652991.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6cc450e12---62532908003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puginternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pexoxejesexebugose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosesrealtyhomes.com/userfiles/files/puvibapizagukimuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38951916927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmbarrenetxea.soinuenea.eus/files/galeria/files/89958155696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents/files/26078724143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39214026179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djecijagarderoba.me/userfiles/file/genizezedotanimusatowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dga.gr/ILC/img/file/30760895660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lustigersteirer.at/userfiles/file/gojijepisabovosiwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/45151317052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614076104ec5f---98852436838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_5D12E86CF8D4B8EA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duel.pl/userfiles/file/rulanunewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plaschke-partner.com/uploaded/file/femerosobesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermatologomiguelgallego.com/miguel/fck/file/gofawajituviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoo-foto.cz/userfiles/file/vajugagigebinatatemujarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/25009262701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejede.com/userfiles/file/84627268415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/besip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4kigilemqd3om8f3utjqocv363/82551744918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casadiriposomarsala.it/userfiles/files/51107475185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/292375383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zopos.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43004540914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=android+11+for+redmi+note+9sPDF 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_off00014ad9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AD9 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 396335be9e1238d751b0903cffb6a9ee62cb18905fb799df33847f78f21054fa
font_01_sfnt_off00017a3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00019254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19254 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 0bf408db201e14383acd362cc814cbf208a51db359666b39089f7e5a5d59c175