Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95b7da7c4f975bf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-09-30 18:55:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ffe210d3567c92bc87fe1344f758672c SHA-1: b8683d96723ccfd16324bac8dad69235fe23ce6f SHA-256: 95b7da7c4f975bf1ea14242194e17c2e92472e3f8d0aec49b12fa311d09ff821
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, a common tactic for phishing. It contains a link to an algorithmically generated URL, which is a strong indicator of malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious verdict, suggesting the document is designed to lead users to a malicious payload or phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://sieseam.org/userfiles/files/tubudukubelebufuzik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://turnwealthy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87088341472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/jabedagawunubodifarexama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://attackworkoutprogram.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92983495209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/14959136940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guferafawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garraldaarquitectura.com/garralda_userfiles/files/borol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23039793374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/43474246528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenbrunnen.de/idata/33730570207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preiss.at/upload_files/files/pifuzawozanewipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149a419164ee---38400408939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/widisuromefovibirizorufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaz.sk/editor_uploads/files/kafobixizanubufigajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hertzlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sewoxovajoliluji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/14441106725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckeditor.pamlskovnik.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bubesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rivebistro.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16136612794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/76800001573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimosusto.eu/userfiles/files/50769856292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fda1a67fa1---teloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rolcsi-bau.hu/userfiles/files/53804684418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=android+developer+jobs+in+top+companiesPDF 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_off0000ac3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAC3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c455.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC455 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 94f4125922d9cc2f205d22660c41a3ccb531148c7be41574fd5d53c3a6f9fd1a
font_02_sfnt_off0000dd96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD96 13888 bytes
SHA-256: f31c834c7385cedf3fc9df37c3a30ad913c210e41c794b80994a6bf3def02d64