Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b49a380f209e08a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:33:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b830e329879db68508791a87f7af032f SHA-1: 287440d773a86c19ebd83fb35e7bbceaf1ea3655 SHA-256: 3b49a380f209e08ab0d329307e2ce0e957b8bbfca7388225a359bd0a1960c1f9
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on disposable domains, a common tactic for distributing malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a method used to evade gateway scanning. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 6

  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/jepifig.pdf
    • http://muntepa.com/userfiles/files/87704295227.pdf
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26153737720.pdf
    • http://flapboxes.com/userfiles/files/goluxiratanuvelanome.pdf
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/filaxizejajozolemisixeni.pdf
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/57686476775.pdf
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/xejajuposered.pdf
    • http://pibar.tw/uploads/files/202109042251107930.pdf
    • http://dongkoo.com/uploads/editor/files/lekux.pdf
    • https://intrastorg.com/userfiles/file/tixesutumozaxejepikonaz.pdf
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130440c8d617---sokokefikejorizelapuko.pdf
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/zuxuzu.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344e40090da---50525962667.pdf
    • https://olterus.org/contents/files/jazujibevuteridegim.pdf
    • http://na3.it/misc/file/popitu.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8se98pbs4h1p1qbt2upprtmu1/segojawavo.pdf
    • https://remoteyourstaff.com/calisma2/files/uploads/burudemafirowagowafurit.pdf
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/xabawevupe.pdf
    • https://ryokanclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_8E730EDE01449C88.pdf
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/ratavejanije.pdf
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e8ebc40267---tubozenilunidawewujav.pdf
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c08851d5c5---varago.pdf
    • https://www.prieur-equipement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3613400742.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=empire+total+war+cheats
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d6f8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef0f.bin
7c12a024b9437c9ebf35e38f2d6deb0c9269aaf03e8cbbf3517c73ebb5996a0b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0F 10604 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010750.bin
8835ee1c225f9e3e3199e21e93ae5bc60ce90a692a7676972505709ad9fef852
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10750 18720 bytes