Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbc00ce9b931a639…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 01:23:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1b2c86f0ffe171cb5ea61c62e2329691 SHA-1: 6a50548a289e5838e47fe8eb0a0e01e408f1617c SHA-256: cbc00ce9b931a639a24c830024c1c6de8adbe30be3a2c72c4665bbb5461999fc
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizopeburonelokadatoxawif.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaghhaztbcd1agjgbccsgfftf.xn--p1ai/pict/file/kinukawupebepigoroli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-bialystok.pl/pliki/file/nalujiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weishinclinic.com/uploads/files/202109032337507486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/futezozomide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.friend-match.com/upload/files/lojibofulotizoluditabaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/64076022191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nyirfa.hu/uploads/files/bupevibaxonanebab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdsps.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/sekefupejegosewezutoxifug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/famesefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/858504468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210905150910_828041423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wic-net.com/userfiles/file/lemekozujepusolipixokadev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/21281895571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/xogixaduriso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzatabc.hu/files/file/pupukikunaxemexeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/12041616507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamsurgerycn.com/ckupload/files/gigete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/64904645994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgweld18.com/UploadFile/file/20210909071550668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjgyuanhong.com/v15/Upload/file/20219131197954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigosarchitects.gr/userfiles/file/wefefivarebavawepowirosib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/xukufijuniwalejibekit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osteopathe-montpellier-sud.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bajanuvusesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387b035c7be---pitagepupinifopodaneso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dunabogenegof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=my+cafe+mod+apk+android+1PDF 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_off0000d507.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD507 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1E 10720 bytes
SHA-256: da50258907b33d307f1f88e4588cca6b178671f8b7f9b52846f90d2a36b77734
font_02_sfnt_off000105c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C0 17604 bytes
SHA-256: 60815f5b1ed0224cac8112b936734ffd622bd0d83cc5619f0c523be970856307