Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82fcb178a1e21acf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 20:16:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 40454eda7a82fa9e3a76ddb7f6cc44e7 SHA-1: e20502db12dee612355d35283d10878132e100f0 SHA-256: 82fcb178a1e21acfffc61d91d13e06a21f0b1c956937d284572174bbcecd9ba7
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the numerous extracted URLs indicate a strong intent to direct users to external, potentially malicious, content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=swift+gulliver%27s+travels+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/simiwavurimovimibodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/70673649243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaldanceacademy.com/userfiles/files/vapotifujagamedaxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toocapen.com/files/35342240358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonme.net/ckupload/files/tosumofotumubux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimicahj.com/admin/userfiles/userfiles/file/nitilegovemodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents/files/44793923869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxadv.net/file/47408356620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/nigasiraralaruluzinegakat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/64090555624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomosciprzetargi.pl/files/file/90902865354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.plain-pied.com/editeur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fanenomujatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/befumamesow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masihpt1.com/contents/files/2472215752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3051269239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/88458936526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokosohk.com/files/fckfiles/file/81626811503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f185442cb---lalawixuzuxoverawexibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.smartfutureexpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57309938422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210902182258_4clawd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/26956817727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/valadomuzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanlinh.vn/upload/files/jojipemavovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3b69bf432---dobukiwobapatikug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opsir.eu/files/file/14254676163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braveathlete.net/geektic/files/romawidobajekitupilokizo.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_off0000e773.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE773 18012 bytes
SHA-256: b6ec77f1785c4a5858d1bfed24e07f1eb783b2b0a17af90e979468d2673d77f8
font_01_sfnt_off0001162a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1162A 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 801791a232034636e1d89bd956f804e68e957d0f98f758d4d21f54cfbeac253b
font_02_sfnt_off00012f20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F20 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1