Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b7002efaea4f747…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 03:41:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b8b381b3d8cb6914d0ea49a879b325cc SHA-1: 80deb4031dc03e7fa98151fab395c00b387ad2cb SHA-256: 2b7002efaea4f747d7fc291aa32d182388346f27e402fe3bd56f85cc640540cf
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm structure. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic suggests a deliberate attempt to create numerous links on disposable hosting, likely to obscure malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully detailed, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions, such as downloading second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://intranet.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosazosividedo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wuyioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/munufazapinetakojoxenel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/xorezereloxiwamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161367285da6a5---82827319560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/vusobar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/46953706981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sporyolu.com/resimler/files/lelowed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/20567008905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/vasikozomuwetotozokonif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/mifaraleviri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/74959657764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/xenumexexefivewomanujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/14580615140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhgianggroup.vn/upload/files/54666937316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxadv.net/file/78534305655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/88377310644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/muwowiraxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/miradekuwisideveveduwuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/silomejojosopivevejuzufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arqing.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19003271407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/ruzulilanagafad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/74599161433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fo-prefectures.com/pages/files/pevitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/kugazujigafomasinarudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimikure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210907160829473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=truecaller+old+version+2019+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000d84b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD84B 11180 bytes
SHA-256: a299381e91af3ce15993f003c748c568371867d966adb387b45cadbcffbb37f8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010aba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ABA 18268 bytes
SHA-256: 738538a2220ec5237cc18d6d97bae389fe3fbf4e5c68b46ae34320f25440d499