Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f562cd90c564939…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 04:33:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9c18695779f9dd494cbefd08fc2eb7d6 SHA-1: ea2a1414d95862f905a451e3ae82c6e120df5505 SHA-256: 9f562cd90c5649392d695b40bc7230f9aec59bc8b5f17056dab7fa3c4fa3c16e
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates that the document functions as a link farm, likely to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=battletome+maggotkin+of+nurgle+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/xuboganifijajafoxoriju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.fr/Sites/cds/files/7926653007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://99shayari.in/userfiles/files/64066324860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/solejesixebak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/9795647125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bcedd8550f---32730991803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stnedu.com/ckfinder/upload/files/51824608568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidsjeodo.com/images/files/pedezisajuwoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-venci.com/uploads/pages/files/51889866070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/titep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38928569862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vitanosifilojexokanuwimag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedooverseas.com/userfiles/file/nazotelezasapakebeliwiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/31297429031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc580.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-9-3/20210903165624974686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/zesafetamozufalumejexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66878887594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/2501109964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161301f3f74bfd---64874282760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/1646534063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourhong.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_4C6DD930E12DBA66.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/40010720603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/64648213929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/rovukilejetafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/946455391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemayrockinstitute.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/95145290834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senfina.top/uploads/files/nexidonupewuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000da76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA76 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 7ba2eae64478b35868e512e284a0ab52c446a48a3b40d330d2a709f109043343
font_01_sfnt_off0000f386.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF386 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B98 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 39c4da23e4b5c427c1a0567b766914035b3478f5afa958602db92a159f467bef