Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18054517544463d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-28 05:36:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: db0e74619a62f42deee29dfdee4fe74e SHA-1: 53030ffe3087eb0999826d562694cf839562f1ca SHA-256: 18054517544463d9dab244011da961a71b719572b07061cd9b46c23de22a6ff2
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains and appear to be part of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' suggests the embedded links are designed to lead users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=do+you+need+antivirus+on+android+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/daxemepaveporop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolkandkolkdesign.com/site/data/ws/files/38333378633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goforthegreengolfpools.com/userfiles/file/fetalajasoduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/kanuwetinujosadupakegatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektor28.ru/userfiles/file/44779367613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fivetc.net/uploads/files/24768535766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fazendasaojudastadeu.net/fotosempresa/files/tadakipusotipiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbasantresidency.com/uploads/botavubafejubenejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.com/files/usersfiles/files/lekozekagiromoxilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woori-tour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210928_78B5149D88E400AC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/vitujopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37242017254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madurastones.com/userfiles/file/29502139892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/fuxinufomisiselusemaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/tadinezaduba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161425405e10b8---fobaruxurefegolurubofepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210927132534_bap6nf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/53728433890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/42208933492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/midijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stephankeppel.com/userfiles/file/gelune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb-hospital.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/8124918696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntc-container.com/upload/files/seredezidaxifirakipage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rajolavofoxikifakevano.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://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_off0000b1dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1DD 14440 bytes
SHA-256: 1243954b0c7fa6678eeb0f0c318ef8d0b85629923de90eed2e827d7d3633bf75
font_01_sfnt_off0000d627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD627 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 74a0a0211bae3e86191181a407480a47aacb7d50770d47b6d8a8ff5fc9cffc8e
font_02_sfnt_off0000eecd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1