Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a805b888c7b29b64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 03:23:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 215fa5961dee82ff4d887b17e493aad9 SHA-1: c4996a20f5ec140c3caccab468c951f1a886b4c5 SHA-256: a805b888c7b29b64bcb718da51a7150b9a3acd856b44aa60b274df13898d2171
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a link farm designed to obscure the true destination, and the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/5149408791.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/zonipolazorovugasafereri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f962c5f44---poxoketuwakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanmih.com/userfiles/file/20210906044650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kor-ra.ru/UserFiles/file/zituzojazixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaqalsports.com/files/file/86919814561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsuorui.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210905/file/16308260874603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucinnovation.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tutorbolivia.com/userfiles/file/guvudulajovakipupowad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacgl.org/upload/editor/file/pejegopizekagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/vuritudadoxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210908101113_381932302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocgrafikavukatwebsitesi.demowebsiteleri.com/upload/files/sosenanuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/todigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartbrand.ro/mm/file/kolikafawojulodawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/94909559325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52033622575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietdubai.com/userfiles/file/powolazinetoxosov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/82624481907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912050028406020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelfurniturecn.com/d/files/7205088234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/5091980294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleitalypizzany.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/83009652737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nangluongvada.com/uploads/files/62099440645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=android+delayed+textPDF 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_off0000e996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE996 10272 bytes
SHA-256: ef721ee6d1c49a0b2e77e442701ccb2fc4c82d901e7a3647b71504b61d542f40
font_01_sfnt_off000100ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100CE 18888 bytes
SHA-256: b09b116e76e90dfb0f34b58238b123d59d8c7ab0000e09b746b3516c36254995
font_02_sfnt_off00013142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13142 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1