Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab11c3a2f4da8137…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 00:52:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9f8da08aa5c9256b74650ffc524d7d1e SHA-1: 713b0d14faaed81c2084bfaacfd2995f2ca73f69 SHA-256: ab11c3a2f4da813724a81cc187ec45db240747890d161f1b8e0ef2e711a23cba
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, indicating a link farm on disposable hosting, commonly used for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://flexa.cz/docs/file/4901454195.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kolbiko.com/images/uploads/file/nuvezonalidogakodekuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purel-biopharm.com/upload/files/rekogugugif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espokebar.com/uploads/files/75517742015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210905044305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klawiatury-foliowe.pl/_data/file/guzotejotitovilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/jolelixevakexilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32299764308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dawnrotaryclub.tw/UserFiles/files/6739334239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/88563151383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lizhechem.com/upload/files/zeletixaxusefinedurufala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/88155879009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aalzkj.love-mrt.com/upload/files/ramadetusulukubikekujik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmtours.si/uploads/xosotekobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgawefgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/30514788838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/xilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/xodofixalokiponafot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/file/zutex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szhlfz.net/upload/bumidurujinagogiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wugetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rootbeadmill.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-3/20210903205626997996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/bedeseber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budgettranslation.hu/sites/default/files/file/76428678446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincodehub.in/userfiles/file/mulewiviku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://woft-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/xiwupegewapakizukukug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=fashion+dress+up+games+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d7bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7BD 16164 bytes
SHA-256: fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED34 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 2ef5d2d97102e7f6f7a307e089fc51e989cb529650dbe5aa1f36b38109fcc24f
font_02_sfnt_off00010601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10601 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 59fed7f239d85a748ae7e387115ef167b8966aa5c9a5bd9971f3acbd24efeb4b
font_03_sfnt_off00013149.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13149 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1