Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fc2ad347a8bc6f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:06:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6fa63093e5219e0490c2aa2dfc49f7b3 SHA-1: 1ca40f42d2eda69f8e8bb1e6eca7e526405f4214 SHA-256: 1fc2ad347a8bc6f27753d3cc1fb14a69ac4aadb96e6e924e4053a579a47abe73
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which are algorithmically generated and hosted on disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malicious content distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hex+base+16 PDF link annotation
    • https://sts-cct.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/wodazujuzusadubobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/mewerejafelazefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lrm.mcdonalds.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61275511555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/12669589613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erago.cidees.com/uploads/files/32810895185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e690a293e074e05f6457effcf4b07b89/79599026688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://durimawar.com/contents/files/53176617197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/74616755496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202109040758084384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultemergingmarkets.cubsindia.com/files/95345046646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/74949379312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jysfh.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-11/20210911225422598642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nujhimachal.in/img/uploads/files/pivemipalapolaladapeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138598b27803---madawavukesimarakapube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastholten.nl/userfiles/file/43415709504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhouseschool.com/rockhouse/uploads/files/falijuvazuwogune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutot99.com/webroot/img/files/bipudenovan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/20037850127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profitaler.com/UserFiles/file/visikejalutevonowizanuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotosvatba.net/userfiles/file/48810077050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edinburghpools.com/contents/files/50275752757.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_off0000d7a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB5 19012 bytes
SHA-256: 2e37917d7287c43e0784f60dd9ab503ed9022d47abee317c4f24d3bf9f5b2835
font_02_sfnt_off00012189.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12189 9996 bytes
SHA-256: f88abbabe009b64d7cedd52bf6abd7f50264ec9e6f8ab5760b7c34839d8833b7