Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bc03e40b4556fe2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:52:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 73975ec46e52dc093677a7bef93496cd SHA-1: 51fffdb56785776a5e3ba1d4f3adb8b947f11bfc SHA-256: 2bc03e40b4556fe286fe2f55bb545d24e9677f4aa69a9e2d8985daa2b183630a
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, with a high-confidence heuristic identifying a link to an algorithmically-generated URL, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of many external URIs points to the document acting as a gateway to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nhatngudongkinh.phapluatvietnam.com/upload/ckupload/files/gibuwimudipetisudodanuva.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://umutisi.com/umut/upload/files/31385468782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ced21010a---zudolajobuxorejezuwamigig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsstore.mx/ckeditor/ckfinder/archivossubidos/files/8029258779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdtrend.hu/files/file/39029774645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theloneranger.tv/clients/loneranger/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kerovitogoxiziwoxevilus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecormier-menuiserie.com/www/upload/files/82444133380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilalluminio.it/userfiles/files/gubetesemekub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazojuzosemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93407613685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macintosh-szerviz-javitas.nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxuruzaxosopope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91311752817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/97200978499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/87298981937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/8838866867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olymp-kiev.com/temp/fckeditor/file/73683248110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaomattroi.com/uploads/news_file/43594799434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astefin.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimomotupijojofibovajobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atanasijornet.net/uploads/ckfinder/files/22453960789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jepeguwedarukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/83155447976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/58271619022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runhouchem.com/upload/files/35507250304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroykap.com/application/views/stroykap/userfiles/file/gofaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/nuruxonedasovum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=link+to+windows+app+androidPDF 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_off0000c354.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC354 16652 bytes
SHA-256: cf564501fd7829ca89fdb7b455344902b9856eca60b2a18d1e9e6ef10320eb38
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010694.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10694 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 38f373c90607ec2d44ed3b770455eae23d5823e28d0214b001057eb530dea2d9