Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf2c6cb1a4199c1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

181.1 KB Created: 2016-12-26 20:41:33 +08:00 First seen: 2018-10-07
MD5: 60290f2679592de9b0f2e5d0ade9a9a4 SHA-1: 6fc58a98df4e75a4710100bc2042790672c9a8a9 SHA-256: bf2c6cb1a4199c1a11b81f41a781ada6bce3605e60d8acd205cf51941b09e50e
74 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded URIs pointing to external resources, suggesting a download or redirection attempt. The presence of a secondary embedded PDF with similar suspicious findings reinforces this. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing a more specific analysis of the lure. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0488

Heuristics 4

  • Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings high POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE
    A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
  • PDF carries a PHP-gateway SEO-spam PDF link farm medium PDF_SEO_PHP_GATEWAY_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains four or more clickable links whose target is a `.php` gateway with a multi-word search-PHRASE document slug embedded after it (e.g. 'index.php?.../binary+options+trading+nz.pdf' or 'pdf.php/cialis-dosage-side-effects.pdf'). Legitimate PHP-served documents use a filename or numeric id, not a search-query phrase, so this is the generated SEO link-farm shape — pharma / binary-options / 'free download' spam that ranks for queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • 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://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/vf_GctvbexrnxrhwYt_iPxsnYrQnsG16236386s.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/GhPi_lbv16236403Just.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/YflhubG_mwafdQbhioJiJhmlfan16236551so.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/coGtddJibcwsvlz_bQG16204584x.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/YzuxwaeohimmsllQ16204149_ku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/rnvPYronu__Qkzubfkcizrh16204184_wJ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/QcscixazomsP16236676z.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/laQPPotaarmYm16204140svfs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/huhsdtQfancPnwJGrltvPm16236575_.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/fJhk_16236656cuG.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/dvofidewrtnmk_nlaxocP16204664omhs.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/mcdxoJhPnnYkusbrlQwdoYsQ16203846k.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/biJsbfnPd_nsPule_YfPc16236384ovJf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/fbowbQbGGtsaPYQbctxzueJvh16236553h.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/JoJxPtxsei16236436Y.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/wiwsJzno16236612J.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/YeYtwtzb_oJkvQ16236634zQf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/eidasJwPufwYQbGwvctzwfasxw16203856oQ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/cGcYnGcJlnPQerhz16236387bviQ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/wna_awfrrxYuPfJPxm_aidmkb16203983Jiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/_edhlbxneselumbkcnQa16203785lx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/hsx_lxovnscQQGGduoixYu16236646zfb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/nsehwu16236614Qt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/f_cftoxmitrPbdfssefJQ_Pi16236446J.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/xzn16204093cu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/nwu_GPrmsnzsGuvh16236434Ju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/xklnxPnwcl16236399fz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/msQ16204163lc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/zGzxdlmtrQrahbredbrJsPznvxY16204661Pi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/wtxoazxred_kPbchvoak16204014d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/mofexaow16236430Jd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/mhflGJdJPix16236512Jn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/bxfiYruha16204089tmc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/vGeuwebhdrxueducbwbGrksxrctvd16204617rGxn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immaculatebaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Yw_Qxhakwm_buhcadbfu3770924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.north-star-lofts.com/about/nsasGcamidYJizacGQa_i14637357nzz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trinketsltd.com/linda/PsPnQsdfz12790470iYbf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthlink.org.au/educationlevel/dQrQxi15592061c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.north-star-lofts.com/about/vuatYeGxYYeeJxaGlvlrnoxGaJoJtu14637441vht.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/dkhvfmlxmzivvJ16203824ux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/wccfbar_JzYm_bdcfrenctnz16204559oP.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/hkeJosrr_eok_zQQxlxrJ_Pbb16236600osQx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/xkQiiGluoo16203989zk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/zhtiuvPQlQoddtsz16204054Yz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/wdYvnceYh16204676nle.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/_xaJiYfuixzwmitesxtJwY16204196zmG.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/dxdGdtJcJccin_YkJGishdsikafc16236525hot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/mmnQ16236636lQk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/QflvQzrxJzehoYwvPv__QvQ_bnzk16236402uac.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubaipropertyrentals.net/perhapsactual/momentfield.php/v_dwGJfdJawxlhrdbhbYQr_J16204490J_s.pdfIn PDF document text
    +96 more URL(s)

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off0000d070.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xD070 19856 bytes
SHA-256: a930245e90be17a336a7679d31e9d416ddec66c65020bec75b59b2e2bfc19120
stream_015_off00022df9.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x22DF9 19780 bytes
SHA-256: 4fa1e1f62893db1504b694ba157ca733dbc9a64fe6775bec7c5c9e8d41f3a745
font_01_sfnt_off00010608.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10608 19964 bytes
SHA-256: 5154a7c8cf7a9b55c2f939ad6a4a8f8327cd6552b9f68a87c49d10dfc747eaa8
font_02_sfnt_off00013bce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BCE 20828 bytes
SHA-256: 66ee5a421be874c2bf64758e212dcdc74f7e5fbd5b562db26553446e87a084f1
polyglot_child_pdf_off0001779f.pdf polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x1779F 89311 bytes
SHA-256: 7afdbe449f78e032bddb860aa588407bbbe9256382dddab17a0a4d1362016ea3