Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5e7f1b53a0d742a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 23:25:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2b23abb739c909ad87c66297a6bd5822 SHA-1: 40e42f0befcb872c5f144a5e7d163abab3ea07b2 SHA-256: b5e7f1b53a0d742af1814dc418dda7b1cae08d35bc9d5b747aed0a4cac790440
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable domains and are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate these redirects or further exploit the user's browser.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=24+malayalam+news+channel+live PDF link annotation
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/15075637440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-baby-clothes.com/d/files/43802725928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sysquare.com/UserFiles/files/34998700962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eric-parnes.shortex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/samubilula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interfacetravels.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamepoxexabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcolono.net/userfiles/files/kagavonenipilolozukiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakesushilakehavasu.com/uploads/files/waseguzeraweji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xixikobijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce10915f41---95075846089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsolisp.com/files/file/fegavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/75172994910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e4ad11fcb3---32193361010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24703814583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/tegum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonductudong.com/upload/files/57022857899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ichibaninfotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuduzizonoxevitisuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lompatjauh.com/contents/files/tademafomurikixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/sunedebesakigibofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents/files/woruzivipubaketejajome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75774186469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36115822849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasset.bg/userfiles/file/44869732752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-jtech.com/userData/board/file/sekadanazedodipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-echen.com/uploads/files/202109051336375622.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_off0000bc4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC4D 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 56276cce5e57767cdf96c97e6d55be4cb4f907eba4863c957daed425535bdf65
font_01_sfnt_off0000d43c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD43C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC4E 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 54f21949e479c3b0adcbb738f84da5b842195e3920ebe3c443d578e9d5a74b37