Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bef158fd8109cc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:55:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 797c7eb478c420ac23935793ce9c1cbf SHA-1: dae0486ff0c5124ee34baa7bb0820f6e52e2a9e0 SHA-256: 1bef158fd8109cc11c2aabd535146bad5d73c2ad20a95b264785ca5908aeb35c
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, with a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection indicating malicious intent. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic suggests it's part of a link farm, likely to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://streetnn.ru/data/upload/ck/files/derowo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aquitaine.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66749754855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130dc0ede045---43413308273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27904093738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunyaminerdemir.com/resimler/files/rofukinomupijotilikexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iiiemjobs.com/FCK_Editor_Images/files/37142905495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakasasi.id/userfiles/file/81792128396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/91533730541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadarimomosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/30783682842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmradiatoriai.lt/images/files/sofapimawemawesulozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/27028465449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/file/79190472262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milkyway-vn.com/upload/files/bixaxakotubesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pagyesa.org/userfiles/file/20210911013230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakesup.org/userfiles/file/topowidawunemaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szhlfz.net/upload/9044029063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radyoislam.com/resimler/files/zuvenesafuzagapiwug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210904_225331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venus-forever.com/image/files/10265344295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/vojebilaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ist-lb1.istanajp.com/contents/files/48768979176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/barala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/55519077801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6b0b493b6---zuwubawevizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=connect+lg+smart+tv+to+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_off0000e043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE043 17408 bytes
SHA-256: e27ca04b3419eefd72edceea69681eef83c1231e7610e802b97c418a8a166d97
font_01_sfnt_off00010d2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12544 10808 bytes
SHA-256: c724ab3f346a97b81acf767827c481c3881bf9814e4ef30ad73f6123dcea7ae5