Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c9779174655c961…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-13 11:58:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: da32a2ad0e7ee381b805adc5c0f73465 SHA-1: a6f14934e2d0819ca61f252e77c6e9ecc3e363d3 SHA-256: 1c9779174655c96153a364db09219d0edc536c36a2afab957ae1f5619db646c3
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external domains, many of which appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' specifically points to a PDF link that is algorithmically generated, suggesting a malicious intent to redirect the user. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports the likelihood of malicious activity, such as downloading a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wife+good+night+shayari PDF link annotation
    • https://deltaguvenlik.net/userfiles/file/futajisudiroxumebuvug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kavafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafeau1ait.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47261847439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hatinhjobs.com/upload/files/tedagipetugevogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58911148498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/buxidob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/75914578765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdhmladavozice.cz/userfiles/file/gawuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrominicabs.com/survey/userfiles/files/mubafawukemexako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/62512225969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ea6bc5d92---85114746059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.civilhospitalpalampur.in/img/uploads/files/sogazetasosaginiverunede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustelnik-budownictwo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29133070000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herve-coiffure.ci/files/28505808219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-inmobiliaria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16994775747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubitanduk.com/contents/files/54119016402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/85787300273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecniagua.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/28507999778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energosol.pl/images_cms/file/91060055749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzatabc.hu/files/file/94444417531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/42692547059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmkb.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84757396826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renhedc.com/uploads/files/202109050959367590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93582966380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/funosojofozuxoximifi.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_off0000d960.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD960 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 13033b0cc1aa1854b525b4c405515d672bdea485fc7d2d3c2b527f88d1a6fbf5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000109c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109C9 21712 bytes
SHA-256: 43ac526fdfe50bdec5deb4ca0f8fe246963e0ad5fd8b794ee3e450e5d05a374f