Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bab9dedc78206b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-05-18 04:11:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 4c0c929a365c82d950a4519abc001a4f SHA-1: 68df689eedaf065f6bbb9aaeca3043db7f91936b SHA-256: 0bab9dedc78206b462ad8009d6bfaf3ffbd9f4db75bd4b7dbddc4bd510d9f5a7
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous external links, with one specifically flagged as a random URL pointing to a suspicious location on s3.amazonaws.com. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains metadata suggesting it was generated by wkhtmltopdf, a tool often used to create malicious PDFs. The presence of multiple disposable domains and link farms further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://botokaw.ru/strik?utm_term=watch+om+shanthi+oshana+full+movie+online+with+english+subtitles PDF link annotation
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4480581/normal_5ff674876e2d1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motanaweda.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134316912/ed450b93d7c01.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zebonusifok.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134509505/590682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4403808/normal_5fe10d1176337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revugegan.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134682990/d2b02022a6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kitapusowa.22web.org/78581192498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodetinerimaguw.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135347088/2944e5728be.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tewedarutomos.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132302993/c22db6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/debiwelof/peter_frampton_do_you_feel_like_i_do_live_oakland.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvebiz.rf.gd/bewotulumumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/jewizopukuni/mary_poppins_supercalifragilisticexpialidocious_meaning.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/de9dab76-3f07-4c4e-a47d-91c4399e1c41/98683730284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/d5d24db0-1a8c-4fdd-8018-24955d5ef2dc/latewutojuguwudafagav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/nopomewegobij/21133740080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norezodo.rf.gd/20375855205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baxudoxubalafe.epizy.com/mewitebobejiforedageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/2970effd-1e08-4066-9dc8-e1e46b552ca9/how_much_does_windows_movie_maker_2020_cost.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zaxawetawupo/blitz_300mb_dual_audio_movie.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/1780753e-7d4b-4d5a-81d6-abe4d966ca2b/on_the_road_truck_simulator_ps4_lanzamiento.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zafijukopa/wow_classic_shadow_priest_guide_pvp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/e83a3d42-5088-4f19-9c07-7b13591bad67/5334507076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/8a863899-d805-4897-88ef-c9b26c207f98/sarore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/cdc06530-b7d3-405e-9196-e5794d462616/11910448809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jepisaf.epizy.com/87900845935.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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f12a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF12A 5504 bytes
SHA-256: 6a9fda5e163242f50f833006ec393eec7f29adaecfa3f8c736f2c83305759e94
font_01_sfnt_off000103e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E5 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 7c4a300317b555472edf55bef9f79f79faf56706bdf0965f44b9e4c2cf1d14a2