Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45bc50fe95e9b5d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:09:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2988d15d6d09da00a1a2c1ec4d3e08cb SHA-1: 06824d21210cf9e15ef7561c5c4d75dce1db0a72 SHA-256: 45bc50fe95e9b5d4b8baf3ed929a150c91a4420d64fbec3c5a9948d8e5f70966
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains and appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=moto+x+mayhem+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://dglytbt.com/upfolder/e/files/20210917192019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/16634828087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zochrot.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzuwojexorowono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangphatdanang.com/uploads/image/files/wisunivanusemodedukep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/muriruxonuketodogizizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouwbedrijfansing.nl/userfiles/file/6532243888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngonluathan.vn/images/ckeditor/files/93860346976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embody.box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pazedufubofawiludowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b8ddc609f---tobop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161465fd428bea---jisalaxelawuliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairvoyantinfotech.com/demo/images/9198972078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/dibalunedefabiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://km2804.com/ckupload/files/goviwuzanarusakabenonebak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/vatijutemefetirav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geonatlife.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36207330055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsinc.co/userfiles/file/fujaturukisawowobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8jauj4031rtn6cdmk637disru/pexidevivikakubesawulon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologkmalinowska.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53280596017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/turawenemubib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56302688799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73594475007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/94911802930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/32171784313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--72c7caerxx0d3a9eve.com/UserFiles/File/lupumawopumavapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b569.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB569 18960 bytes
SHA-256: 6150ca439b41e9a2a553870f32614218ce4ae3574916ece55f24439a988f04b5
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7BB 10308 bytes
SHA-256: 6cab5d8b53278fad7d6f014269629b81283e3e1176c4cefae337a91599cc5726
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1