Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f12bf202b620db2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-10-07 05:20:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 791d33c195056106c80ce7327c8b7bc9 SHA-1: 0f97bad4b94b639806fe7363a14b937bdb98f898 SHA-256: 3f12bf202b620db203d70d4e632d4f94fb6a6eaedf186c5a62d873b0dcd72648
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) and numerous external links, many pointing to PDF files on various domains, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating a tactic to obscure the true malicious destination. The document likely serves as a lure, potentially leading to credential theft or the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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
  • 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 https://www.pension-chevaux-haras-gabereau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56379821554.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yushendesign.com/images_fck/file/1631002922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sumeromolulaxirexobexije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avrig35.ro/uploads/fck_editor/file/68432263973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/warajub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615869eaaf7e1---65476555108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72a06fd3f47f7b0d540134217a7cd2a7/fagixazevorep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/43527071102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodphotoshop.com/userfiles/files/womuvazimimesasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamel2.pl/userfiles/file/40968070908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpharma.in/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78210779489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaisetoiles.fr/img_pages/file/xixenoripugugonofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents/files/xefomalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gilatepuburupobeboga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user//file/_0977534001632179874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio2.com/contents/files/31206787457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokuvowuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/66089955290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusiongrup.ro/userfiles/file/vovaforadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadatv.com/webroot/img/files/85763744180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samoinstitute.mn/uploads/assets/file/wujuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ylwlgwadmin.ylwl.cn/upload/files/82846377672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcdanielz.eu/files/file/mebovezex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatkade.com/basefile/eghamatkadecom/files/muxebakorujaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackyrouxmethode.com/userfiles/file/telopadideda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-esc.net/user_img/files/midap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=shape+of+you+english+mp3+song+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_off0000daa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B8 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 194107fd519e7afe1d789cef0b0dea29394bfa9bd33e390b1f6b9e54359acedb
font_02_sfnt_off00010ce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE9 17660 bytes
SHA-256: 934d5b0ed8b508f3004deb6117c92ffa71dc2654e64ca31283a516614ffa5a14