Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0692ccae147df11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 11:07:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4eff6731bfaff6cd376850598b76e2c6 SHA-1: 4bbd8e7b2da4aa33b385832a16a93db675caa623 SHA-256: b0692ccae147df11fbf54946b9423b1c169bf1c68283185c517c20f0259d374a
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external PDF files hosted on disposable domains, with one URL specifically mentioning 'screenshot apk free download'. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely disguised as a legitimate download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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.
  • 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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=screenshot+apk+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://i-physiology.ru/upload/ligepipudipozujepojizule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://najlepsietorty.sk/uploads/fck/file/63015564126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/lopawizorunavinebamevom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/fazomudekasake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pharmorgsyn.com/upload/files/77620066986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613acf770e6dd---25730555863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/pewupewikotidusanakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82941209116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ae7b8f3a8---fejuxatuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternhoteljeju.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_1747C39A10E81FE8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210907235732_5hf63e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/salebupufiwewufigogewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodishit.com/uploads/userfiles/file/86388113220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99095574900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnox.vn/upload/files/76727792009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/wezidasaxibogujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-land.hu/editor_up/62060422886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klusjesindex.nl/images/uploads/mexazowiwesikarino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/84472443636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srilakshmienterprises.net/uploads/49678099095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sma-dfgg.org/site/admin/file/senur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/rabezumufuwixivawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/30399731899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hefcom-hydraulics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2241940510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/53870361482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumland.sk/upl/32689196565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dccf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCCF 19288 bytes
SHA-256: 6630cad12cec6f37bc24b9bcfc79c065c89928bbfbfaab4adf04cd57f4757315
font_01_sfnt_off00010f45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F45 10880 bytes
SHA-256: db1b378b5a4559c3a3ec8170002ceaa997fe13879bd656af78a3fe78e104420f
font_02_sfnt_off00012873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12873 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1