Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9285cae0aca5b658…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 22:44:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 7eb8d1e763eec68458b7b484af0feb01 SHA-1: 67100c5a6ba95dda0402e6896b42b96325a15146 SHA-256: 9285cae0aca5b658c69748d033dbf0cfec5b9a28c1cac02e1481c33cbd1b8a52
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to other PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of a raw IP address in a URI suggests an attempt to bypass domain reputation checks. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure points to a link farm used for distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://mgs-on-track.com/uploads/misc/files/26575331929.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/bakotaripufaxesupozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podwierzba.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96872237328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanasulcikova.cz/userfiles/94194170701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omeofest.eu/userfiles/files/32724615846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.padanguparduotuve.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5098290702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f8ada6cc07---69912719895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613959ab6d362---48557707427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowiik.pl/userfiles/file/16211469775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhoasis.org/app/webroot/img/fck/file/gukim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614642370f320---25680460914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/2758267582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144b3041626d---dozofowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/84562192070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/88003429709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d59631c38---81189398017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/vowujijudefuvedebitudodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallncart.com/userfiles/files/82507033298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/7611521603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/zizakewutozurimivosekuj.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biwuwamuvume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://red-adlay.com/upload/files/294805083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=scan+qr+code+on+phonePDF 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_off0000d4f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F6 18208 bytes
SHA-256: 61e54621c11e6ac7794d0d09459404da9d51067bf1c558caf3c7bbf7c3132fb5
font_01_sfnt_off000103df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103DF 10428 bytes
SHA-256: ea0ee5958110da31e8d8a3ae6c2700b5b2c8e864c2ce4b644fd1175f2f34cabb
font_02_sfnt_off00011b31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1