Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9395ba3b9742d57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 13:50:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 736610a609de4a11986990a89be31bfb SHA-1: 8811592cad0ef90f0c75abc0499a47da8adae449 SHA-256: b9395ba3b9742d57fdf87f0b60d06eaaf62fe795029181dea1be410a7a1ed492
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains and appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic confirm the document's purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=word+a+day PDF link annotation
    • http://studiotecniconuti.it/userfiles/files/64357913520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pietroquatriniarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/xemivuzamisuzomojojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inter-travel.hu/_user/file/98975781606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d62f238ef---24469796822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ferijifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butyfarm.mm520.net/userfiles/files/61571825257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://votava2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/novat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundheit-im-blog.de/userfiles/file/rogonevifipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/mibesaxisibofefimonaroxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/zidegosiruxukofumemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangshi-you.com/uploads/files/202109100612408130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/pituwujupisipagenanud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okeefesreef.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogewexaxiborusufeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33752882697.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://durgabas.coop.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19590209665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dabisosemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/58642686231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationallanguagenavigators.com/media/wexivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yishiweb.com/upfiles/files/20210907_120503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dajugupagujamuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joinvita.com/neu/userfiles/file/labidiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vip-cond.ru/userfiles/file/93573505124.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_off0000fbac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAC 9708 bytes
SHA-256: 2d5df233d09c5ce6e61d5458ed02b17e2e14be1f8827be719b4466f921f120c5
font_01_sfnt_off000110e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128FA 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 8dba3fa96db98d018e6295d880166d040b33d1aea37c402903fbfa048869d2fb