Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5d7b8738c9b1186c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:35:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 66e60b6ae9122dc20f9161165cf89617 SHA-1: 331a7e3500087b68c4c90cd1387508d9ec219d55 SHA-256: 5d7b8738c9b1186cd2511fc98b4a20073474a2377a11e57c57358f14179b5c00
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, including a link farm on disposable hosting, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a phishing or trojanized PDF. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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
  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=football+manager+2020+android+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/55964770532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrofotr.cz/files/file/jitavisoragijedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujomikuvadatameperanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/1065102603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/jikiweruwamabesofaxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/wofimikilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tzsunup.com/upload/wotilagatupupufexagamubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5add18feecb4b38e7407a91a87eedac4/wupujazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biolabsrl.org/userfiles/files/92638651292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rieker-consulting.eu/files/file/40819671043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinghui.co/upload/ckimg/files/202109050412513955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatalk.ilvzhou.com/upload/files/2021/09/202109160903329113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowubefeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/22434744019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/84475331944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/totufesajulunesowisusalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/86436235662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranigaretanesakizele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufakepobanilunixirakikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7a45d19148dc87b452795d3f7ff8f10/26551218877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///libolezunerexigatugajug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtinjsc.vn/upload/FCK/file/22323739091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcyy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50095052712.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_off0000e939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE939 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 3cb91aa26b026f901ad4aad15aefd4e043986ac3a0bbbc111cf1a26523693efd
font_01_sfnt_off00010260.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10260 18396 bytes
SHA-256: f484be387e3410b7c8fd10391f8600694965ecf222311d3daef300778d3a4601
font_02_sfnt_off000131d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1