Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76ec50344454b699…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 09:55:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 538921f64cd9ae6f2a49c5d2bb9be8ee SHA-1: f3655cccd32ab4c67ab50947551cf19389df08e9 SHA-256: 76ec50344454b6997167552ec212239379c7f470a49ae5a117fb46afdcb2b10e
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a link farm strategy, suggesting the primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/90088344443.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://strelnicebudejovice.cz/userfiles/file/65549415698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamino.pl/userfiles/file/larivajewosibovatutopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spbmworld.com/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/72967543790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210916141339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bengalroys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/notigejanojobile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piscesappliances.com/userfiles/file/88617531015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.superior-inkjet.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nutuzeripewusidaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161384e7373f11---tuguxesejubuvuxugemiwuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbanafwvcftiqfecrg2a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/94632695233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/jopigulofemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuilder.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobeluki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fukikoligizodewopemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141bc710cdb7---68108299788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loca-granderoue-montaletang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2009369902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kottayammedicalcollege.org/CMS/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dowozagurov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrukseo.pl/userfiles/file/beveseponemove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toliveinchristjesus.ceosale.catholic.edu.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51707808391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xizez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/xafuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espicycooking.com/files/file///sebarabupofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpokedb.com/uploads/files/91368207932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.com/upload/femagakifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/13954063106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=viva+video+maker+apkPDF 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_off0000d9d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D0 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 7ef081377cdc5d4d292e609aaa990612d078bce6202a881c94ee408d6a64bbef
font_01_sfnt_off00010acf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ACF 10264 bytes
SHA-256: 718357047256e7f0cb43cc848e2d8e00ace0150844fac003c11070d1b5837296
font_02_sfnt_off000121d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1