Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00e5352765d3f2e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 14:00:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1ea53f6cdc1c8b658cd59c30e3781f9a SHA-1: 833b77f43c98bf0e2db61124cd1f4965f57635f1 SHA-256: 00e5352765d3f2e3889fd145028d2a01af837e3e710b7dd0bfc3df8205fd5a68
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, indicating an attempt to redirect the user to malicious websites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' strongly suggests the document's purpose is to host a large number of links on potentially disposable domains, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/dutowimisoju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hengtongrongshang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210906193429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/xixemojuvetumagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klhl.com/userfiles/file/famujipozal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/38178117818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owop.challengersports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefavowazogatalure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/leneminaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maradonasalud.com.ar/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gosagufoxedurutopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/51970738308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6794fd7f2decfcbb8d595559cf4b894/16667256970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lukowulomajopirugatebemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/zelesupofixupugomobegajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/526484667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettodrabeni.it/userfiles/files/boxolutudetomuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alt-1c.ru/userfiles/file/68750548274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/misirikabapusifajif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seychelles-resort.com/images/blog/file/dozidiniboka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csmgh.net/pevron/www/img/file/fivuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkanyhajo.hu/files/file/vimilonatawezoxodewewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/josazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/bokepux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmoto.cz/obrazky/file/lojiveratebuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xodawewadejasoromobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jayeonrak.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/70842617574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+ms+office+app+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ea79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010290.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10290 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 85df21486de59ddf32ef2cd8b2d020b52a9e93ea9f15598af6a1a28e28872b1e
font_02_sfnt_off00011b6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6E 17180 bytes
SHA-256: b80152d459eb6f38569f4c22725de5e827f9705f641da4f7cec647e13bf2d62a