Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9639a666e57b252…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 09:12:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 53bdfb87426f0aa8d8a04a326d713c21 SHA-1: c69873250e2f586f36dba15096e637f95cc025a4 SHA-256: b9639a666e57b252cba959880d6f1a157f0d55de5de88f2e598d94118f4720ee
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a screenshot lure, containing minimal text and a single image, designed to trick users into clicking embedded links. It features a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+display+android+on+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/85107140539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/27451031390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bighost.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/56746043384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagymester.com/userfiles/file/doxafamopitatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carmakers.cz/userfiles/files/labexofovivutudakesoreve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kietminhrivet.com/upload/files/43502727342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/mevopiretenisunulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a2320facdc0208d6e77a73962d0c1f5/ruzekogurufurivoguji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gornjastubica.hr/files/toguzatipibiwuzumakajux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiw.bibliotekalesmierz.eu/img/upload/files/vukonilokadesema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/suxidorata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karelo.com/uploads/File/81002520913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childprotectionindia.com/lexcyberia/userfiles/files/pasur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/27598959187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51ot4i555q93j9i1hvmf22eij5/tidokamagula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/buvorogesogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giasidaily.com/uploads/userfiles/file/30138127409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329e124eaf0---41743772156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/siroselugox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fence-alarm.com/userfiles/files/29864989599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltimescare.com/attachment/files/27292673168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highlandernepal.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90491544419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabini.it/userfiles/files/zisozikusovutukovumaziruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wirtrauenuns.ch/images/file/23858667289.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_off0000af48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF48 10568 bytes
SHA-256: c2b749e1b7d9c2ff9c8e4f966bf0c2b14e4d96c73c18784e4ffdae4bf07c9cd4
font_01_sfnt_off0000c784.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC784 13960 bytes
SHA-256: 77435b225a9d5dd7adba68fac86d6dd50042d747e8411ee85266e5689bfffed2
font_02_sfnt_off0000e988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE988 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1