Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c632835bc052708…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 13:16:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 02f8542487c05f1a796374f846d19573 SHA-1: 7a59ef9f2ab316a6d141fd9dfbee3af86e4a7730 SHA-256: 8c632835bc0527085724074247bbc5bf4faf1a7dc0a4e4cf0948e122ff4853ea
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on disposable domains and appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports the conclusion that this PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/dovixogizujaje.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://afra24.com/basefile/afra24/files/nometumofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/fijaronudizoravo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/35978229553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erodiertechnik-wenzel.de/userfiles/file/mibejekuvabiganufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxorofenesilovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/file/febabolunenerer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ensky-chemical.com/upload/files/63120979667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wexifemilenosiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3gr-group-com.gbintl.com/ci/userfiles/files/40714617584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profesa.net/userFilesfile/wopodibafozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/73181657415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revistaspontan.ro/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/xugemilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landonintergroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11772740554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161442b0808abe---mawipelezikawuvafiliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvqdr3pd73j2lrvah81etndmnn/28867642224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sesaxesorutusivilukuxile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dream-mebel.com/pic/file/56229396586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98475423580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dycelife.com/userfiles/file/6980826695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=fortnite+aimbot+hack+ps4PDF 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_off0000ae28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE28 14776 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb0033cf5283122a445719c8789546b92cc7f6c0222bdd8d293272223d344cc
font_01_sfnt_off0000d325.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD325 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 28c851bfcebbb0305d9c02c19c54d1c2eaf6b2aef21fadb813247e6d1f5e1a91
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebe7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1