Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0731370f4ac236c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 12:09:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cd63d84165c2bb6c6827c27ea8e428f3 SHA-1: 4184b5458923852d917d4e72fbba5eb61f5b39a5 SHA-256: 0731370f4ac236c8bf043db32c4a299decdb5e9aec0d3920bcd545ca6cefee15
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is likely responsible for redirecting users to external URLs. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of links to potentially disposable hosts, suggesting a phishing or spamming operation. The embedded JavaScript is the primary mechanism for executing malicious actions, such as downloading further payloads or redirecting to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://7seapharmtech.com/Uploadfiles/files/zilizuxuxufufe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saxoverobatewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tcf.gov.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kafalugesopumaxiwefoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolkatanagariksammelan.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79813538981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huaku3c.tw/uploads/files/202109041559244696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatcongnghieput.com/uploads/files/52924113505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.com/userfiles/file/18077271760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403807d111b---24113179760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffd579341cdd0393405636ce480dec17/20269864529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/76195398983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/70082012451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibois.eu/userfiles/file/suwovabagile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilocom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36874123686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17744573069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/57628493661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/vorazikifiputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciabergua.com/userfiles/files/58833084714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrumschoolka.pl/photos/file/kegetumagawefidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jin-ji.com/upload/files/zurudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minisadik-margaritka.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28018126371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://estatepie.com/files/userfiles/file/depinezabitipemenodunop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.restaurant-latableedevercel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zifipafoxofuwunanun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+your+android+have+iphone+emojisPDF 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_off0000ce64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE64 18080 bytes
SHA-256: 128fb7e177be616fbded34f320ff5534818ea5f9029282e00fb964d10abf22f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD38 11188 bytes
SHA-256: dbb9f70a057a38c6b9185a4a64c256b909b8157f243c8106a485a0ca98567148
font_02_sfnt_off00011730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11730 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1