Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4f657482599ba39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 22:27:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4923d1dc7199faf3f253f767fa9d7de9 SHA-1: e2c371584f7163d6c09edde578146860a85a925a SHA-256: a4f657482599ba3904c4422f71c958bdab45929a7ab56d97b27d609fce0d41b5
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, indicating an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or initiate downloads. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brawl+stars+new+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161479cb289723---vowebuletigodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/13935339482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishboat.hr/files/45875869710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80affcyoc0ac1f6a.xn--p1ai/admin/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dagerizisosewudabosegap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artediapharma.com/upload/files/botodalokatugigolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luckyfood.itweald.com/uploads/files/614525c59530c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/17520023839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splhardware.com/UploadFile/file/2021090806050573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/pigaroxedonijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/13364175831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tykhchem.com/upload/files/72359115147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/85662264510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/90048767342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/warudupanawosuxeraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobesesujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubitanduk.com/contents/files/ruxezegewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.smartplus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowefonofoxekowubagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/8113757627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51648263593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.asia/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/xokufova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/62504552724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/sakipugavebonozawegaxoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/18883994145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu2.com/contents/files/letuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcpremium.com/userfiles/files/9306611724.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_off0000da9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9C 20552 bytes
SHA-256: 44ca81ae595b1742cafd011938813962392100ead96b3f0592e437f03fdb13ca
font_01_sfnt_off00010ff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF9 10264 bytes
SHA-256: 0a4a6848a4472d7dc89ab39a6c4c9f051521eed4c9e0cad39267fbbfde9bff13
font_02_sfnt_off00012751.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12751 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1