Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a43f10da98b3454…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 21:22:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b29307fa1a6c9efe141e77e001a7618c SHA-1: 7d4b1398d42f10d09f5db355934064f7b190a2f0 SHA-256: 9a43f10da98b34543e453e0e5a02ae45526e608ac5a9bc02b660e02915df752b
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristically identified random and disposable URLs, with one specifically flagged as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to download a second-stage payload, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://smartech.lv/sites/smartech/uploads/documents/files/89777718904.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cukimentescukraszda.hu/files/files/gumosopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uangraja.com/contents/files/12173855262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/pamapeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardolf.ro/files/vudugufixonexulopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsdienst4you.de/bilder/file/76096604953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eternoohydro.com/d/files/jozakonirajomomobokosip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xopigovexowiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/66677295154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukwoodrecycling.com/userfiles/files/10665246831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-providence-ehpad.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowosevebaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scpt.it/userfiles/files/43547517517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperten.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/12701830986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/45757534140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahjygjg.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-11/20210911075416647953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/46634585160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/gilerunifasagowet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/87752388429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac742862b0---92825080300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oris-am.com/editor_up/92074211710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbgprpk7biiq.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefawevagobiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132047848886---vuvuvakujojakif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=virtualbox+android+apkPDF 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_off00010340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10340 18900 bytes
SHA-256: 6856f3a6045f1bfe1527e477e2af7a0dfc1327bcd8c74cc7934d4c4f3853496f
font_01_sfnt_off0001348b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1348B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014ca2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CA2 10488 bytes
SHA-256: dd463adbf0569c366ec56fd348f6cfbda178ee094c3ccf062e697f2081340974