Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2048f509f070bdfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 05:51:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1cf0f35bf2235d9a283f5da96eb2b7d7 SHA-1: 602fd20bbf184b507788f67f3c39ff3c33dd9cb5 SHA-256: 2048f509f070bdfd494252df271597d92c4ec7b23038b2ab2cfca8da09e4f051
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external resources, many of which are algorithmically generated and hosted on disposable domains. The presence of JavaScript and the nature of the URLs strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely designed to redirect users to malicious content or download a second-stage payload. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://vivaldiskibus.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_977FEBF125227CA8.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.egymast-segito.hu/uploaded/fck/file/lebodolijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyermekhaz.hu/Content/site_images/files/pofezava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izhar-energy.com/userfiles/file/83002431878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/64754966549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/xabaniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrodomesticaruano.com/images/ckfinder/files/fujudelepopapadogapomapov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diadiemvui.com/upload/files/15964545305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422649316b2---tavasojopogonebit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopexpert.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xepoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismet.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51400477435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baloneacessorios.com/_upload/file///kevutotujesafaxopipunuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzxf.com/images/upload/File/ralixutelowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1careglobal.com/upload/files/69222926422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detmers-kontejner.hr/files/45270567994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowie.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/12448083691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/86576863452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bace6b2068d30f46c563512b7fef05f/kopofena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needletherapy.eu/upload/file/dogubesodovoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediasingrid.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/14933805289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvcsoltau.de/userfiles/file/89256222489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitecoreromania.ro/files/file/51276297112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petala.gr/userfiles/file/livarijipazeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafosaleservice.cz/images/fck_editor/file/nugitugelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ps4+remote+apkPDF 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_off0000dcea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCEA 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 6978b5ecb5f8c87dfe5435c64419ffb0c828d1b320b863d8201fd316f1a0fc37
font_01_sfnt_off0000f469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF469 18504 bytes
SHA-256: b362d458fe3d6e53d972086429d546694ea00fc716a00a541ebd919772b2bdf5
font_02_sfnt_off0001246f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1