Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91163aaed5681f9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 13:09:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c9074b1a1b46cf9da0ce13fb42e7eafc SHA-1: fc1939fb2846d51970412c2fdb230f6d6d5dbf86 SHA-256: 91163aaed5681f9bb0b64b300ac995c65ecb104677e34932453611db000bcfad
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to potentially malicious PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the link farm strategy is a common lure for users to download further malware. No specific family could be identified.

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://bodymart.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xibijob.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/71842281577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613140d869e2a---webafibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360192523d5---78370029361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/16062608895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenext.pk/userfiles/files/ganoniwodozodubekivow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87186305453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrampetraipavlavosstanovlenie.ru/content/images/user/file/50815380313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/nusefezakavibaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artikos.pl/userfiles/file/vularekexulusomunaruzag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzweien.com/d/files/vefigozojapulumofar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lajovisena.com/gallery/file/vupinaremoluse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmnavarra.es/ckeditor/files/kebemuwuvale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7557e52d03c97103b7a3b82d04b11464/95582807271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/tedalokovogubafajimisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc5c566cbcf9362be11af67647468e68/viperononim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/joditesukaganadoxexiguni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hajnysport.cz/FCK_userfiles/file/43083632760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/duvogubipikisaponujediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613944bb4fa39---tibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia.eu/upload/files/niteku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qepni0sr8kevqfq598jbglhm38/24206223170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://german-ex.com/images/blog/file/89138087389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=apk+fun+run+3PDF 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_off0000d428.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD428 9880 bytes
SHA-256: 2e8671447f0f263e7c3f635911316352aa307394439fb0b8d4a7f1deb8f79097
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA00 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 0471d4a06f87ece779c13032c701433ba952f6b0aa15832d70fa42ee46c7ea28
font_02_sfnt_off000117c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1