Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e21b44ddb81fe71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 13:22:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: cd9449ac6f0f632387238e100ae3c488 SHA-1: 3396887b9b86765747eae933c0da5115a9285c99 SHA-256: 7e21b44ddb81fe7172b54543c2eea6a20135e83cb1311f7f94867dea8a1a7d76
214 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external resources, many of which are algorithmically generated and hosted on disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick the user into installing malicious software disguised as a browser update or extension. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/36969882016.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/bumujakuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/files/bokekelikizoxupenixojuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gddfboiler.com/uploads/files/99719300826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinaval.ru/userfiles/file/84870775485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///74687695386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/zavimemefodunipadin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldsunjsc.com/upload/files/rixiwizivuxakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/49196741623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/35835682737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/74741062627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biplano.eu/userfiles/files/mepozamuzonolenarelololiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/zajumoxuguzilevivubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/tamesowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/30076936355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/mipumeredomadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/67926382733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deaprogettazioni.it/userfiles/files/zotobakagadowoxikasobira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantiffin4me.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zemafowimuwitoxovaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22455222101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupposcorcia.it/userfiles/files/90340527920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/birajotoraboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artanuji.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42630163277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/69096996301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=multiple+tabs+in+chrome+androidPDF 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_off000114d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012ce8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE8 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 5fb1efe334d2e3912a8831ae99dc156d5c1c46b390e5b07dc71c642e1ce10b54
font_02_sfnt_off0001460f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1460F 18920 bytes
SHA-256: 9b7d3e41409e5103480f3cb24260b8a650984a9ea15343e703d356091339580f