Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d489e356f1eabc7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-11 17:01:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5be99cfd036c827d0b2ddc21ca74bf28 SHA-1: 48da2f3cdc78ffa5cc883c668c23c4b1ad4944e0 SHA-256: d489e356f1eabc7dd57686fc644cc21d6c88cec9c1e1a49924d6fb8980298912
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV, indicating a known threat. It contains a large number of embedded URIs, many of which point to disposable domains and are used in a link farm strategy. One specific URI, 'https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+limbo+emulator+for+android', suggests a lure for downloading software. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and the presence of numerous external links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.2573

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+limbo+emulator+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/34915754714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liweisteel.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98054378327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hit-air.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepejovotenaregape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phm.vn/upload/files/93544721729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/kafafuvavijawugitanop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcremich.lu/files/files/63947083376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.khaosanpools.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nolumutogedukag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85113889859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/80872515782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aqua2go.pl/galeria/file/sulebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/pinonupibapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cistenivytahu.cz/upload/file/40891745260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenweb.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xamakadatopixavakaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/kikadokitonuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianmailbox.com/assets/images/userfiles/files/27671898153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1aeekk.xn--p1ai/files/file/78560869388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meghdoothsuzuki.com/uploads/jasamut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suvagcentr.ru/userfiles/files/91834653580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fabriziochessa.it/userfiles/file/naxarajefijufanudepopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novastal.pl/userfiles/file/96920208952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-traueranzeigen.de/cms/files/widafezipogesusejij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aajude.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gogotepokubiradozuxabama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/88844369611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/65140299434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giorgiosantinelli.it/file/28111523237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sovaimm.it/userfiles/files/ledupazebozefixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ddaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C1 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 836b95363cb17bb18b49748b9d15d5d16d17ff26db116827c38926bbaff2447d