Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b264abd3d13830b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-09-25 20:45:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 544f774aac94d6b7015fcd88aa1d9dd5 SHA-1: 26c89a865b3fd8dd8bb9aed3f126c9e44c1063e9 SHA-256: b264abd3d13830b5cef4fbfc3f29966f403ed8309fcff94700f443c0af170e50
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs an image-only lure, a common tactic for phishing or malware delivery. It contains numerous links to external domains, with one specifically identified as algorithmically generated and hosted on potentially disposable infrastructure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to a malicious site or download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://nordicwalkingturak.hu/_user/file/batuxuburubemisunoxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gangwonbnb.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210924_9805F6A39660B25B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelbo.com/uploads/admins/u0/files/20210917035827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaomamma.hu/editor_up/lelotogemagotike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.be/assets/file/fufuladutexef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelejas.com/IMAGENS/CKFINDER/files/dalosilolegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kominove-centrum.cz/media/files/file/wajifabivamujuzemebosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darangyi.com/userData/board/file/10162823817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__61439850D626D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b674c3eca4---viwomefovabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mn-print.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofekeferusudip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odesignlab.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23587746973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/famali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lanunixusatugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinotezexajinumimedikumif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/kodokazinegegesira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatdangcap.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/17251243388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zakarpattya-tour.com/upload/25280391987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parlagame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lojowigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macroedunet.com/userfiles/file/94084953730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00871bdc639514c5bc8ac463f817a10e/sukeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pacemakerpressintl.com/uploads/assets/file/pazifazozota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bofipoletusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=samurai+jack+game+download+apkPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/nerujifabisajulaxeta.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_off0000ae0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE0B 11072 bytes
SHA-256: e2b86de12785a27ff24d5a62430bc552af87d9546bfcf2b55cfa6b4baabb347b
font_01_sfnt_off0000c799.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC799 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000dfab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFAB 13504 bytes
SHA-256: 3c5aab2704ec48ba0f84b947de8d7cab0f7adaf9c4faba282fdeebcf3b61ed2b