Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8db9163e725250b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.9 KB Created: 2020-10-10 23:50:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: e7dffa8835ccb4e3806afb206d74a6b9 SHA-1: e5d90a71116f08fa8512afe11e2e8e67e1070fb4 SHA-256: c8db9163e725250b85dc3093cef77ee90bf7701613ce117fca6525cde05c4c78
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, with at least one identified as a malicious redirector. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains a URL that matches one of the embedded links, suggesting an attempt to lure the user to a malicious site for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://ggtraff.ru/strik?keyword=vehicle+upgrade+console+subnautica In PDF document text
    • http://files.chevalfarming.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814411/bb7e364348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.barskinproducts.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606127/5f3ed592d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muned.livelaughlovedream.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695434/1063428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porofe.gavinwelshfarriery.co.nz/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969754/1179585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://site-1040426.mozfiles.com/files/1040426/puwirigip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://site-1038924.mozfiles.com/files/1038924/denir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://site-1036874.mozfiles.com/files/1036874/lapobezoronis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://site-1039676.mozfiles.com/files/1039676/papujipasewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://files.dofuspourlesnoobs.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303061/dumepisimo_wowanolemupi_jijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4862/3510/files/47715775975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2812/7650/files/44_159_pink_pill.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0498/0034/7810/files/el_aguacate_es_una_fruta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0496/7746/7801/files/61952545753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0484/9041/4241/files/pelanoxovebiwibuxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0486/2463/1976/files/jet_blue_jfk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00006e57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E57 5440 bytes
SHA-256: 530799d1c1af3a3934cb8d7917ac9dbdca7f0183ca86e18388d2da03eeacbd05
font_01_sfnt_off000080c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x80C7 10360 bytes
SHA-256: d2c9fa36fee0c5d478cb4d3b9548bddce72caff13cf39113a24a715a1c72eed7