Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed644ee037e3fb28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 11:46:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: add10cc8ea088e00459bbd3f9e101ea8 SHA-1: 649c62189f1568e8c082729c4cf6926ce415a81f SHA-256: ed644ee037e3fb28db1676e593c12c58464cdc2f597f7e798f9f3f06cfc57222
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates the document is designed to link to multiple external sites, and the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload or redirecting the user to a compromised site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://kcpsystem.com/userData/board/file/mafopuwatoju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/namavufezedomupufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614456b30f14a---78341302809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/19361175131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42375728974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f18ae9e802---11539004199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qqwandai.com/uploadfile/file/24661524092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansiya.com/uploadfile/files/39195019225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oipipleszno.pl/userfiles/file/putokozopopelubozuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/63358329776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/pomalevitut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limobebe.com/userfiles/files/70456716372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/jowotavawusulerit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/wudefurojubefexag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michalpavlicek.com/uploaded/file/12188411110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91499425177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iimranchi.ac.in/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/vujujomizunuxevikidometop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/lutavonaxubometisiwexonaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/5905476724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patoman.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachts.com/res/wysiwyg/file/18184862329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radekslodkiewicz.pl/files/file/73541604773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/2003936302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wyadonline.com/userfiles/file/60760338817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=the+untamed+2016+movie+onlinePDF 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_off0000b07c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB07C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c88e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC88E 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 22d877669b2da4473f603d7e62cf990f08d93e31f68d08e23824ad4bf4eb9c87
font_02_sfnt_off0000f165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF165 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 505f83ae39e297c4b8ba62a0cdf9c21c75e63837233fbacc82e83840b0631887