Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34bd5bbe8f455686…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 22:45:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bd216df60132ce98e478642a496db619 SHA-1: 013af2d903a511577d59d3415de0660f681c06ea SHA-256: 34bd5bbe8f4556861e22819fdeb7e62a0ff9abec55a7028414af2fb0d8b3dd2d
202 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, with one specifically flagged as an algorithmically generated URL leading to a PDF file. Heuristics indicate it's a link farm on disposable hosting, a QR code redirect lure, and a visual download button lure, all pointing towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=softbank+apn+settings+android
    • http://thietbikhachsanvinhhung1.com/upload/files/75216537298.pdf
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sajodudororolav.pdf
    • https://oncetrabzon.com/resimler/files/93535125418.pdf
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88729550739.pdf
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/pozipowadudavivuluzoleto.pdf
    • http://sibzakon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sadoj.pdf
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/73465479850.pdf
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378b105adae---97131156395.pdf
    • http://kozhencherrymtc.org/userfiles/file/19298998990.pdf
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/rarejerefuzoxokamofa.pdf
    • https://www.igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mirazipifetudijum.pdf
    • https://bikeid.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fojuxuzarofozatom.pdf
    • http://hcm-invoice.vn/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/pawipaf.pdf
    • https://rajnnuhiddje.se/userfiles/file/41071904191.pdf
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/48576388838.pdf
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36879339484.pdf
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/lidegewamifajoxudaz.pdf
    • http://hoadon-dientu.net/images/files/wefaliwodovavez.pdf
    • http://patrickstaxi.fr/userfiles/file/xiwatovex.pdf
    • http://tieclangman.com/Images_upload/files/wodifexuwaluride.pdf
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/biwetefamo.pdf
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/xukawa.pdf
    • http://heaig.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18424634198.pdf
    • http://potlista.com/file/files/56482684835.pdf
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d092fdb5039d9106cd28af117b0c500/vukapilamorazu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f167.bin
3ea8943b826cf1f9b4b4a8081d4bd0c5f02c87dcdd28f4de134ea56a49f3f157
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF167 20448 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000127f9.bin
366761b40be79c5a44a2a287d704da4d01eba119b4192f5a16d6968a47b185ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127F9 10932 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001410c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1410C 16792 bytes