Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 998fa00c54d40976…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-10-01 15:34:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b02e0bc837d64f623485e36f540c3226 SHA-1: 7ef986b5329fd6b6be4cab8886c6fc2860fc0905 SHA-256: 998fa00c54d40976fec5d977cf60a76d8255c8e5f56a4fe76860f261ad3a8988
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 PDF files hosted on various domains, suggesting a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users.

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 http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/7527711052.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://salonrewards.ca/images/file/xijijefowapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeshopeez.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/64096068562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/30872767422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/polomoboribulamuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nordiskvillaventilation.dk/userfiles/file/2458511197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garnizone.com/userfiles/file/jugigevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veaodaibrahma.com/uploads/image/files/66766708900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girc.ncue.edu.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/busefaweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pisausakti.com/contents/files/93947097281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144edc92e5db---3733181147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/xesilixubigina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.vn/uploads/files/31769699831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liguecasa.mmsfoot.com/stock/file/40751174131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraemer-duennebacke.de/files/file/jutanuzobenipilot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.milestonesmn.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fomokigote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatogiuliani.it/userfiles/files/4727836037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.training/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/jejamile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aligokdemir.com/resimler/files/poreweseperubitolunuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/gesavizonekibajiwiroti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/53344922271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paneldeconso.com/userfiles/file/84550109775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=the+call+of+the+wild+full+movie+online+streamingPDF 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_off0000ada5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xADA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c5bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5BC 11136 bytes
SHA-256: c0b29e237a4c8d77c4e334bddb8f06519bfa51410df297a5a88fb9d2b8566f89
font_02_sfnt_off0000df6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF6E 16940 bytes
SHA-256: 72d68c298d7f3f12a1766686842123deb2de2b4d4a4a706d769658fe3dac5282