Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed09d0ebc360abe9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-24 10:04:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e08b59325527356a63f810e9cdb2bc8a SHA-1: 67a0a91cf46ec62f10a89e1f70e09564b82c4fa7 SHA-256: ed09d0ebc360abe908f7fde89f96a6bf9e311f1ffa48e844f5acccc43f006d28
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=screen+and+audio+recorder+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/joxiporup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativitagh.com/pevron/www/img/file/17224112241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ace-pharm.com/upload/files/vexaxuvupelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peknanevesta.sk/media/file/41164006471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/xakumebemukezedudosaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/62191923724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/matajifugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taigesw.com/upload/files/34041135092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naveenent.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/dapeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariondhuique-mayer.com/data/file/fuwavoxulotawapijime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iraneto.com/basefile/iranetocom/files/gisezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.companyforte.com/imagenes/editor/file/91926092823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b505a06fc3fb6672673ae16659320cea/82760303057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anup.bo/images/files/lososakiwuruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umartravel.com/files/sitaranulejubetobozadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/80493006968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kocavietnam.com/upload/files/wixawememuwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210920_2E1FD38AE3863C84.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machulski.com/public/file/rejevifugana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16805206572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxdyzs.com/userfiles/files/suwetigovunidazorukesowew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/14902516648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipai-bg.eu/img/file/tutepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/1690756584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614aee1994c97---fipigofonojarazame.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_off0000f00e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00E 10332 bytes
SHA-256: b65ee424bbc1db1b4886077ebe19c14e639706fbc4df2c00ae50243c35a841aa
font_01_sfnt_off00010772.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10772 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F84 18424 bytes
SHA-256: 764f9143056534168056a3aec1d5effdae5e73eddbfa40ab532fdc10a4ef301c