Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfdcd5a945c0b6b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 07:25:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8346e09773e1bf0f1b78c73ba8a3d00b SHA-1: 261090ee79e028dad2599121d91225922bb59c3e SHA-256: bfdcd5a945c0b6b2fae7a8babd43cdde0f71f4a0f10f50f64767a56c5b960107
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with high-confidence heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and malformed exploit streams. The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to potentially malicious domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer, likely to facilitate exploitation or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://estduquebec.com/scripts/php/xenocode/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69142846586.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/xinomamomuvibugapofawudid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/88291908121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63502251244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vswet.ru/f/47816000404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rmgoals.com/userfiles/files/pokuzujusatuzase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mywayrtk.com/userfiles/file/nipamewazumerisegasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/woxemikasorukewuxofunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ecfd04bef---41156706086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/76312686127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syntrend.critical.tw/upload/files/14398627999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/53749014240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/tosixovokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime42.ru/userfiles/files/taduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/60451728163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qamsar.org/userfiles/files/56771155672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/baxazurelomopad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proclima-membranes.ru/userfiles/file/fekemiwesovevoleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/83404859731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142b5c8db064---mogidom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.org/userfiles/file/ginipotitixit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adesso-moosburg.de/images/file/45355290673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7018694859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konemara.hu/userfiles/file/28762261708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardchong.com/userfiles/files/83634153773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=visible+spectrum+frequency+rangePDF 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_off0000d3bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD2 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 132991c6a5f6b78dc870bce3f66925d39ebf44e7133304053f91933f1d1229ec
font_02_sfnt_off00010575.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10575 17164 bytes
SHA-256: be487d6215ed5f3403eadb8e4f1b544a419c8892008ed88edbace645e64dfbfb