Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c233b16482db77c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 15:18:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 83fa782bcd3f1e339dbe2c7b279c3c64 SHA-1: c91c005e2c76e0c3d220fc8b54ea6b5b4621a6f6 SHA-256: c233b16482db77c30d3828467ca918f465687712cb6507952857a90038693fb0
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with a critical heuristic firing for PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM. The embedded JavaScript stream (PDF_JS) likely facilitates the redirection to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript strongly suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://fmafirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/buvus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aq1igcrcjojvmkhvbol5uqadvr/36133161816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dycelife.com/userfiles/file/92697652187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/163082406848231181017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdgom.com/upload/file/2109011430319773640z0cabhj8d80.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palestraarkadia.it/userfiles/files/jovolotupuwenukatulemivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/7302992141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czytamzezrozumieniem.pl/userfiles/file/lonifisisaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/moberiboxoxodugopafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfraccon.org/userfiles/file/210437795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cudicio.it/images/file/sowupenarutukitirepodewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamtrinity.net/trinitya/file/vufekepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/96428613477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a8f4e3b008e25bd4d81176682b983ea/47302396535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210907_022722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/suxiweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.web-globus.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pituximisasijokekobesopuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibconsulting.com/contents/files/87739302016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-9/file/1567004826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/79450174695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquitaine.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sosoditolasituzil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maffart-guy.com/userfiles/file/nemeximiwopokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/wiwulonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/70725793105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.funes.gob.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96763208588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=france+ligue+1+2019PDF 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_off0000b790.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB790 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 1bc84731e07b1760633b90aa8e150fac18957eaa1500e938f4fe45bb43cd2e95
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e7dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7DC 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 0e63610e63388d899728f3795a3af879293ec93705703c54a61a18c0e953f49b