Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72b8136b33409d09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-10-05 09:59:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: c0c0ffa46b39dff632ec3b8af66776f3 SHA-1: 4c0a949cfc71e50e038cc27b66bdb9bf3f1af216 SHA-256: 72b8136b33409d09681e3934bdb4dc5a8033ab97dc5e5ecfa9de29094140beb9
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to unknown or potentially malicious domains. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a large number of links spread across different hosts, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/83913228008.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.milestonesmn.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutorewozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhungbaithuocnam.com/img-tvdl/files/xifazenexozowurodofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/kamedowijumilar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/2800037473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highlander-inn.com/assets/userfiles/files/xuvuvitotejogigebisexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/86493229767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muwinadasarumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadikupafadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/78780815660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/xolopudinesapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7b4f886e9---88259612434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/userfiles/file/5534790277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146b822b77dc---96776346256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butzbacher.turnpoint.jo/app/webroot/upload/files/fezigogaterojivoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaketiga.com/contents/files/nuroguzukemak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tce.vn/imagesflashupload/file/jezaxulezokipoden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blokhol.com/upload/files/wigosatasof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floramarble.com/uploads/bimiluvotagawegetilanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/rikixogimipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.groupe-coelho.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28879546897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/14091270184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsmpublicschool.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/veduwuxeguguxesaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariomauracotti.it/userfiles/files/98133818727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andreivieru.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4477516904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=challenger+tap+housePDF 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://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_off0000d92a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f13c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13C 19308 bytes
SHA-256: 66cfb449cd91ccb9b11b79f539ac6aae84ea0d6ad0bdc8e2f07fe343aa500623
font_02_sfnt_off00012390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12390 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 0ad54b745fe0b44bd85b52a62feb7c9bef3303d7a206bc333eb5e15198c9f813