Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a88eba2a71a0e5e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 12:20:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9ef0e17142851fff8895fd685aaeb2aa SHA-1: f1c710552366a9b01cfbdad34ff92fa0fcf6d66f SHA-256: a88eba2a71a0e5e611316b38b45fbb067dd5a67d7c690260ab9b68ed64356234
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The PDF also features a large number of external links, many pointing to disposable domains, indicating a potential link farm or phishing attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links suggests the file's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites or deliver a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/16368747258.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://freetourscadiz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44460280440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/linurusulabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c5d36f051---97367202029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonaparte-kerkrade.nl/fckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/file/bubefebewitopiwuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/gomediba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/77836865625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4darchitecture.org/img/all/69427699455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmcmanager.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5352476061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangshi-you.com/uploads/files/202109120652358553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stamforgtechnologies.com/uploads/30607860631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5175122454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabo-meccanica.eu/userfiles/files/bubur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-champagne.com/blog_images/blog_/file/64193090762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pratikchoudhury.com/fckimages/file/63936879532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivati.com/uploads/userfiles/file/konapemapera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmmessina.it/userfiles/files/zugemakoxaxixuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://customize.fr/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/Editor/file/wudubaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jwconsult2005.com/file_media/file_image/file/pamagedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobmedia.hu/include/83571118675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/87958895574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canoe.ro/Extras/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xetixinatojumenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=combustion+complete+du+methane+equationPDF 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_off0000c3b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3B9 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 65413f099b74a6cebca9376500ac8f77ecc569176348710b8e574bcd1e3be529
font_01_sfnt_off0000efa7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107BE 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 630bf365e6b7e206fae3e0cd02c43006a142cfd50340a3b4f39b526ecc5bf58d