Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab4434ce23228e5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-23 23:26:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c0d627ef70aa50aedda786bac308b15c SHA-1: d86b8e8cb0cf5e23c7153f76a5c7a6e9ae857da6 SHA-256: ab4434ce23228e5b71cfc94544a776074a958d44ebfcc5cf3d8a7d4e74e3bc43
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely redirects the user to a link farm, as suggested by the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic and the numerous unknown URLs, which is a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/jigarusosuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/mosukoroxemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fu-ko-property-agency.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/wakusozavotoronopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capableapp.com/uploads/files/rajebiwejuverojupususew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/pikise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cataga.de/beta/files/file/96993184031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/gijubep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90afqerdlt1f.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moruranutaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnartourism.com/uploads/file/10860591277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rfinshaat.az/userfiles/file/vozanaxudoxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents/files/gemupesuserew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekitchendesignstudio.org/uploads/files/68883594168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/nukuxewezetegodezaxadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampleshipyard.com/userfiles/file/94812180489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemonova.com/FCKeditor/file/15482302301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/paxujujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xinpayflow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelunukidewazuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/76683983495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/28236840115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgo-bage.com/public/files/files/43421413947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87594229695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ffc1700f8---19409898942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/xelurobogosiloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/danusenifuwojes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/85819612405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/web/uploads/assets/file/kodibomabizimuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+read+old+unsent+messages+on+messengerPDF 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_off0000b91b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB91B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d132.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD132 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 33ec4ffc0b7f2ccf5c9f27b2546c076c4b13c69be4a5dcd1a162fc371e2ade18
font_02_sfnt_off0000e97a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE97A 16008 bytes
SHA-256: 731a9d7d456fada562b324c3682d3527f5808143e01a2eca86f47f9f39b233dd