Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9694e7346a1c744d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-10-02 22:34:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 367b40f9f6c333ef85439c1cb893cc3c SHA-1: 6489dd097aa28e4a6b0179d110b389fad3f5c107 SHA-256: 9694e7346a1c744d17570a24c40ba34f56ec9f4bb97defa42a3e53596e05c03b
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is designed as a phishing lure, using an image-only presentation to conceal clickable links. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is likely used to facilitate the redirection to malicious URLs hosted on compromised websites and disposable domains. The numerous external URIs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a strong intent to lead the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=to+call+out+someone PDF link annotation
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20211002_231331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81176564652855516cbfa44463dd6f3f/kibamefizujorozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinawin-consult.com/userfiles/fevefigitogadukulababisop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amityhr.com/userfiles/file/89587741593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/boxugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161496d81c09ef---27648696816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adfaveo.com/image/files/20210923_204532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavibusiness.it/file/gewomotepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aajude.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zovutukoful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57754159498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelclinton.it/userfiles/files/wobadodolufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/50662166795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/kigukowedejatatalevorexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/1631529887dimosuvulobamok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49252181276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autobedrijvenindex.nl/images/uploads/sorefejukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b95dd72dd1---zeganirizixijuxefofebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/29257635997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/files/73414569291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leylasuren.com/images/userfiles/imagefile/lusiwulofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pob4crk9mvbjt2lsjhs2fl13lq/67011164114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/73014127939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.com/userfiles/files/47404510973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b10c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB10C 14408 bytes
SHA-256: e5adf675645de370e141b945b665be818cf8e612ef675d8dfc9eeae9896dcd11
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ece2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE2 10260 bytes
SHA-256: f3e844680354e5082b69b077ce9f6a21b3edfaa5a6a066b88795ed9cafeacb29