Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a59fce6535489ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 06:00:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ef6a902562b8685c3d5ae1df5e87debc SHA-1: c9c29b64ddb7d44e67ed796391d889ff93ebcbb3 SHA-256: 2a59fce6535489ac44d006f46176c9516a7de1cc7c976749716a624b82d84c96
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity alert for an algorithmically generated URL and a link farm on disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/47939134422.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6b61a8181---30498737524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/wurivubijezovafenoketuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/40137723868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebudekake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qme6pk5phucq576frja7qk1535/sexofofarapagapubikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top-caster.com/userfiles/file/31162187330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021090921334764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dogandemir.av.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/dapirorabalaguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozsersogutma.com/upload/files/wiropebifunofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/32590060606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dyaa.club/uploads/file/33889996694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gionggiacam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xijeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parkettworld.com/upload/files/95941316478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/86510976781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitsatodorova.com/uploadfiles/file/nakifamuzoriserigomisubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruzokidokiwiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkl.cn/filespath/files/20210911151225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ace-pharm.com/upload/files/49382918566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/nukinir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/53724515947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.com/contents/files/82793973897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-09-08/images/files/lowinamejefokarumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=app+lock+apk+download+new+versionPDF 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_off0000dcbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCBD 17688 bytes
SHA-256: b8cb6791734443c8f1f4fa4b26801051298df28269b735a9e7d73202cc7faef9
font_01_sfnt_off00010aaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C1 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 2c167131f53fe62f7d38e08ef8d48d701e047a803d10d0ed8be18a4251635595