Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2801659ef568c0c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-09-22 09:21:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 048b5ca80db2d9b4f63b39bfcd68fdbd SHA-1: dd09cf5ea85ea267f12620474e0e6e657f11db7c SHA-256: 2801659ef568c0c77c2cc61b21063a2989085eb2851da9d7fcf9308e885d3bb2
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links to disposable domains, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a high volume of links on low-reputation hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+reboot+bootloader+android PDF link annotation
    • http://rhondadejean.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ralekafefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaodantanthaison.com/Images_upload/files/25803684121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakaruinzinerija.lt/userfiles/file/58459721754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esofagopisa.it/userfiles/file/92157668418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://episcopiaoradiei.ro/files/59122841712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jonepufabuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/farufekimexigugevonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/73363076281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzcce.com/aimgs/uload/files/jajikuxowurezexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--jt2b56wn0ap2a.com/upload/file/202109112020235016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youkuvpn.com/upload/files/85317209692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/pikabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dragonexpressml.com/userfiles/files/77669823126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://th-hl.com///upload/files/84190187113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/16873942872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/57315123851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shared/file/zizevepenibile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uzmansporzeminkaplama.com/resimler/files/tejetiselamipuko.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/kapusabozifixos.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a2a8d3612---44295574752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3bsx3iw22bmot.com/filespath/files/20210921014436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://listapp.in/ci/userfiles/files/nunipugemebigujifasejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65260459160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenyanchem.com/upload/files/11385075686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoraccessories.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/10149835692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmawadah.com/userfiles/file/patomoxifeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • 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_off0000b87b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB87B 20468 bytes
SHA-256: e61f5b1103840a71c9a6bc07dac59f2149df5ad28a7f1f762cece768976f6ea5
font_01_sfnt_off0000eca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000104ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104BA 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 05e2f3ed105db145122dc59affaeaf03959611c86fc16c5c69fca0afd130ee0e