Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9d997d6cf0a4baf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 15:52:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d7a7f291e24cefb7a9e5fbcbbad62e07 SHA-1: 9fc4b11baff974d3622f050f63348f17fb42a8ae SHA-256: d9d997d6cf0a4baf8f21df740ba2fab3bfa96705c88d395c5dafac6bdedc82cd
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, indicating an attempt to redirect the user to malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting further supports a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zelda+botw+amiibo+download PDF link annotation
    • https://cqc-material.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/10619795228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atputasbaze.lv/images/userfiles/files/badeludezetedur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cultureresortpokhara.com/assets/userfiles/files/narozuxirasosezigowikoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e2582f520---82582681831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicandyouapp.com/webupload/editorimg/files/72850554175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgs-on-track.com/uploads/misc/files/90266913526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfttacg.marketsearching.com/upload/files/jovokasobujixepasefomega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hobbypet.cz/files/file/witipadurulosasifusovedig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aa-nusd.jp/ritekebowixisom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://standsimulator.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gagebeduje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2018.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23176004594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tarnava.eu/user_images/file/nukofokabobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kratky.eu/files/file/fodalexeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maximatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45660647163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebottombillion.org/business_school/uploads/file/9249400606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17503749290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/kuvomob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://il-gusto.com/images/file/53089872573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613278a8b6f36---29958215289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soncongnghiepjotun.com/media/ftp/file/6150968598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omprintandpack.com/userfiles/file/57324512701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evaemlak.com/userfiles/file///newudonitizax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/rozapejogovufupagifoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b6db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6DB 16424 bytes
SHA-256: 375723d752e898dd5a14f7c6d8f7d2706652ae41a80f3f7b3329d63f81d56261
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f905.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF905 10332 bytes
SHA-256: bd7665ef044d9fa290d6b18ee608ad2553cff0bc8cfb95d4c64c777b9251974a