Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 623cc0ab4aa1df86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-26 16:12:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4d18a57064e98401a4c923f5b8a383bc SHA-1: e50e5bb60a867ec3a4c3cb538573c1b1c75ab6ff SHA-256: 623cc0ab4aa1df861de04707edc6d0a46e2f1df6416b15d1f59378b089a7a61c
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external URIs pointing to various domains, many of which are likely part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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=cursive+alphabets+capital+and+small+letters+worksheet+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/vojavalaroruzekixufosinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/tagogofugugasewopinexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simorgh.it/uploads/file/44374053490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comptables-publics.fr/userfiles/file/piritomafazugubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/13762234868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altera.ukrstroyka.com/content/xuploadimages/file/lawopikolobifajezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/dafazupes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/78008778581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheniou.handysociality.com/upload/files/dumoburelitifezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/331b59a435c69d5f4f487b1df2197a27/pusodazavinavefibubuxirap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasekozavelenuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-dr.com/uploads/files/202109260453275393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68043002518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solturism.ro/images/file/tupovudetasipalijak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/44712090841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carolinevlieghe.fr/images/file/fofasonafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/wasedazixotudigubisejaxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topp.pl/_topp/file/63950161142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polishingmarblefloor.it/userfiles/files/76130601833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jts-electrical.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86209140479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersonassoc.com/emailimages/file/sefolitunedotaxunivemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrkarta.ua/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zubikimebiribesukego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/linerubunuxija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paseppe.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakikilovujef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrajacreation.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/tomugavum.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_off0000c49e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC49E 19464 bytes
SHA-256: 56598b32cffcfaf2c81370cac05e9d88cad82bd343e3841f949b57e0f20c7f6f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ed3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ED3 11400 bytes
SHA-256: 200e7fbf96e2f605745e4129568cd0130d7fd7fb6b79fb05abad0572b7fd11d1