Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ae2916d1b004f10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 23:28:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: cd02a36ee4e8658375f8061123693400 SHA-1: b92287033c86a225aad0d79c99c342b3396c09bc SHA-256: 6ae2916d1b004f107e45f40efeded66b824446c8ddf33eb52b2c5e76b80ad9ce
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple external links, with one identified as a link farm hosted on disposable infrastructure, strongly suggesting a malicious intent to distribute further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristic indicate it's designed to trick users into downloading malicious content, likely a second-stage PDF or executable.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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 http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/talekeruris.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tianlanlawyer.com/filespath/files/20210908172151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mareje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/963297008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natalieshuff.com/uploads/file/tigupomometawugofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat2.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91251558561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajndoktor.cz/images/file/files/92347126811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.com/upload/editor/file/5500016693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/limovovamuxefezezirevewiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/17122506947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31288024996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stmrcstvm.com/userfiles/file/79134586626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/45062571481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestwingspa.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/26866693989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritran.vn/uploads/news_file/9458830407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021090614512898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613357a32fd19---29647321586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgkno.cn/upload/3514312173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/78627636572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/lemefilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210909124618444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonhanint.com/uploadpic/sun/files/202109101051576090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/vupijamosefunelafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21337242141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umrllc.com/userfiles/files/ziluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=law+of+contract+free+ebook+download+pdfPDF 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_off0000e1c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C1 17684 bytes
SHA-256: e0e285f5789ab8ad79d645ab3dae2f2da2590dd5c380afc8cdca9a6709fc9b5f
font_01_sfnt_off00010fc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127D8 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 0630aaae134a5317824a9beb1d52c09aad6aed89a6b0f5fbdfa655acce6c529b