Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aec768cec6fc3121…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-10 07:08:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 88c89809f62cf00554ab256ee52ba69e SHA-1: 8cd7a0674476bafee79572820a2af3597ab8c2d8 SHA-256: aec768cec6fc31217fe3ca501cd32247d4a1834d97ad8990e8f7d180546911a8
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on suspicious domains and appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit browser vulnerabilities or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://qdcmd.com/data/files/vejufipazuzub.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://childprotectionindia.com/lexcyberia/userfiles/files/76003829918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48639249340.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://fusheng-vietnam.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/27694114893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/53284908760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karaokejdi.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/33679820952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/xafiralen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hong-tour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_F209338F4D4A07F5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbgprpk7biiq.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99685878510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakanhurdacilik.com/userfiles/file/ravutezaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/28229770564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/luzekibosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corising.info/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210904154900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilocom.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95959966956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-leather.com/radsportfiles/file/vevitobuxinuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akanaymatbaa.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rosolugamolele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents/files/17123292908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pchome.uzai.ca/upload/files/xipeletonitepukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lecieldesandes.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613627afeb5f7---56142140913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/gotadogurasirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/pijebitisefulukesomoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childprotectionIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=android+system+emulatorPDF 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_off0000e115.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE115 17120 bytes
SHA-256: f36483ab333d1a9eb2df44443e9a0811404c84648ca1eb8debb609fd97ad1d61
font_01_sfnt_off00010dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DB 10604 bytes
SHA-256: bdf83e76772e6af0c66f9098c1d9313b8b954a9d91887321dd9fb145d12cdf49