Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c14d00a48178116…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 22:50:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 42b2d9ddaa42845832858a2515339153 SHA-1: ec0b6234ff8c8e2f779ce8dcba75f41f6130a90e SHA-256: 9c14d00a48178116b37a541704f3ebf179b936fb45ebde7713cb06ad65f15b08
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, one of which is associated with a potential download lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://rsentco.com/upload/file/42408780055.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://machinesupplier.cn/data/product/file/2021911_121053_803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/nakofujeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89997163638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/63132198916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanmih.com/userfiles/file/20210907023556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuoitre.bacgiang.gov.vn/lib/ckfinder/files/fesubijaxakanujaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/vukobavepilupuxoxegelabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcpsystem.com/userData/board/file/femajobujekazifedewalorum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/tadel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/vozosemazisodinil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habrit.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43857903404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/degemetiretilusizagozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/madolibowamirinorad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328508ed88d---35019431392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hung168.tw/UserFiles/files/dolasinikepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315cf3aa90c---dazeboradokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sky1981.com/asset/uploads/files/vekilogepigenuguxekulurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/vojivokogegud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/kigavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsaix.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76601603913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pomopolajokin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/56297400346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=kingroot+mod+apk+latest+versionPDF 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_off0000d468.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD468 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC7F 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 3b4e79bc8606ab4b81a3e27ebf84c71e2d3b6e267a5312076723a893b8a22b23
font_02_sfnt_off0001056d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1056D 18316 bytes
SHA-256: f1424166d1bfb0368ab06fd36de869e1e95e0efa63e705e4f795fafe228f0e4b