Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e7fa5a9791823d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-09-11 05:22:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 122813d67a70192b068b205eef174586 SHA-1: 56aa59dc629922c825a71b1ee5d4c598f59fe939 SHA-256: 8e7fa5a9791823d14f3d838e60bc2fff5cf9165e3b552cfa6c5ddc889c42d502
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting and are likely used for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, with the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic highlighting the deceptive nature of the linked content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=explode+arena+apk+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75546076300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadq3ae7aa5k.xn--p1ai/upload/file/mijesukapov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filipdegreef.be/uploads/files/82228175938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vemolam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehedgerowchronicles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35639734914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rarahil.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vijalididu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohingltd.com/userfiles/62150234690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/32377411514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ckiau5kjh0gaffl0b69qkqkvi7/79455569383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/195365859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perila-vrn.ru/userfiles/file/17066667884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhome-listings.com/userfiles/files/gofipuvigeloruwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sluchatka-shop.cz/files/upload/files/62895945372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/95466747935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiansabroad.uk/userfiles/file/sukoxisijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g55net.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20344113413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vzglavniki.net/data/file/bawirezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86619244234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613afb689c931---ponomuwegaramugip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://testagenda1.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/17981399542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/21530728025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/91176130265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mptradingcompany.com/userfiles/file/konatotubusetusavoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/17979503889.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_off000107e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E1 21016 bytes
SHA-256: 7cabb782ef83e98c30a4137299ec6bd804a3931dcd813e30bc1d488401f1936c
font_01_sfnt_off00013f09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F09 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 73d210cbcb8c89b002a937c655d7fe8fa2e0a54ed8940ce23e567766931bec0a
font_02_sfnt_off0001569b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1569B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1