Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 312a72c43006fa55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:07:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 162730c1e6ce06d9f5fc20b3c9bbe23f SHA-1: 1270b36ef7d5c71c22231845e82cb76be06e6070 SHA-256: 312a72c43006fa55342f9db9f1ff93ba082151e79c3036663a07e0d635ce770d
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, some of which are algorithmically generated and hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613def5563c8e---tafimikokililenidegelofok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b48538998b5036001a85eccc544be5f3/8204995232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/bagotilamus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/18333045485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82cac8d3ajrc0gd0bo4a7nf3qg.com/userfiles/files/mekon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oshcongregation.com/userfiles/file/73188809964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcrainhwy.com/uploads/files/nofaruzibatemubaxorawuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71514388417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/nopinir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monticellotownship.org/userfiles/file/39881243589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjzhtchem.com/upload/files/88815753452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heathrowairporttaxi.website/userfiles/file/4870751101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koladuxulokitijijewanon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/xenopilukatemufin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/kavatawofufovexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/risipenanogosel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://memsports.com.br/admin/libs/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/99246400096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akpanlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/voxaninebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozt.zielonetarasy-cieplice.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/potazijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieseam.org/userfiles/files/4744194144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantalentjunction.com/milan/media/10226341741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/sugegoxitizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/78384142541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=block+text+messages+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_off0000c24a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC24A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA61 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 19a4fd1b0016e19bad0c8026dcd9afbae0ff7743c066804209ca5ee8685c250a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A1 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 77c15b2a7da4d190fbda8dd4ea32dba8764808738c83ca19fe11b7f7001b75ec