Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87ca8ee982310222…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 03:58:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 9143f6f8562ed1a3914c7f25d15db516 SHA-1: 14a666c16f96b61c29ddca750e3fcef3e19a2138 SHA-256: 87ca8ee982310222a23f121989cbc709e946771d8ef21b1c85d96a1f6207bd71
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, indicating a tactic to obscure the true malicious destination. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 http://3mfa.com/images/editor/files/masotuval.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ginecologmuresan.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vefoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wonomepisaruziwutovitogod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/userfiles/file/85173120891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27354891476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serrechevalier-skifun.com/imagesfile/85898687386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/68181290342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stuarteisbrucklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/82142037472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investinwielkopolska.pl/application/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22549645927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jpjplumbingandheating.com/FCKeditor/file/42955259939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xmzhj.com/UserFiles/file/85658235125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fomigigebawawaxuruzobuwew1631098843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manisafar.com/basefile/marcosafarir/files/lamifabusebubonedupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushistoryus.com/uploads/files/91578792697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shyjjc.com/v15/Upload/file/2021921312286909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-junghan.com/userData/board/file/lipotobemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetfanini.eu/userfiles/files/55489621406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomas-zigon.de/images/file/22766892058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfkarnataka.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/fonogusetosokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swiz.eu/files/editor/91353563369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b55023263---93320141067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccspatti.org/userfiles/file/jipopekiwubuxemarugodix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eva.am/files/0939943b493b9ab1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesht.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83771923778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bce22057ae---dizejefokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/funarav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/defexibixusozipazejubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoevalledeabdalajis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25769987776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=monkey+tower+defense+unblockedPDF 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_off0000f01a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF01A 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 63525a0924d1118c71bc7c11866037f7a9632310ed7472a87c99453a4ced7b27
font_01_sfnt_off00010910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10910 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12122 23648 bytes
SHA-256: 1650ae36fca992fab0d7b823339340bd6da25f4336a62199781ac2593b7c9248