Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d49d031747af7355…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 22:09:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6e57ec5575bb0dd1006890cc0f26976e SHA-1: fce25dbe35f73ae0c178b3d723aaa1250d2f4367 SHA-256: d49d031747af73551de11828222a46d3892c7055ef06c569955e172fc3348afc
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to potentially disposable domains, suggests an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, indicating a link farm designed for obfuscation or distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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
  • 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.
  • 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://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/56908893582.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vawixoranogowuxurudedozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/files/3425152493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pjteam.hu/uploads/xevesovuluwaviroze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foursservices.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/78657036327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/33421908820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatexchangersolution.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905071250617542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/vijuzomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarshelter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76901408019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizenlife.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaupureinternational.com/userfiles/file/duwirupodeneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polytex.de/sites/default/files/40562567472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-test.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109060045267992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamakuralosgatos.com/uploads/files/xubusinonudupimikalifaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kakorubulovora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newsale.linyn.mobi/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/pajukevafimadiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ef0acc187---biwewizowego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/83902408531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/bopufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzlerranch.com/userimages/jalipijukulozajaridit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021090809172173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/jozirizazomadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=android+pdf+mergePDF 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_off0000ccb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C6 16864 bytes
SHA-256: d59fdff8cee31274300d40f621eacf69672f66bd69d534c7df5febf3453e3ae1
font_02_sfnt_off00011037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11037 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 2d698486d437a019f0c9b4346066f204c29af7b23dd9ec5f27ec6ec6b798b531