Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ba0a3ef1b8d401b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 15:55:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0498b54d7dc37e00edfa6786006ec111 SHA-1: e974c5df92eaab973b8c0b4923e512202025d4ce SHA-256: 9ba0a3ef1b8d401bc1583180a061480873bf7b64386f9a281e46ceadbe265fcb
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to potentially disposable domains, and a heuristic firing for a 'link farm' suggests an attempt to obscure the true malicious intent or to host multiple malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious activity, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7711871241.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/75744457587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edilcfcostruzioni.com/userfiles/files/sufizakituxunidumirewaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abworder.com/uploads/files/84996237246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vecsecity.info/editor_up/41025024588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/78018650722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkrns.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63671975350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/pizawijobunuwejobofumoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/sizulowepalegosuxasewaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riwg.in/userfiles/file/minebafutud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/57135953424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/68806752256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetesopo.eu/userfiles/files/61847132781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.beverburcht.nl/upload/files/juvedepowotifofutite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k191ja33e23smqpquuiqiiulme/35631339892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88416345333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91471659392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/korutuwesunovenoliku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sabunwangi.com/contents/files/35875913488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatngungoisaoxanh.com/upload/files/16261175022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemnhapkhau.com/upload/files/85952140776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/48679719728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtyxbpzx.com/filespath/files/20210912200816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145aa585352e---21764983223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=pyloric+portion+of+stomachPDF 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_off0000d62f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD62F 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 0a1ff933b8e1c5715e0463a7877f2ec1900ce59a70cf86d12aa519d2534b8ca7
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA8 16860 bytes
SHA-256: ce16c0c48e329d090e1bbc90318570f7f97e9df332b4941846ca3d1c29dd7c72
font_02_sfnt_off000119ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1