Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed7516607b9173f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-27 09:34:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3daeb7b4c0ae2aec1c31d6c3a4a4019c SHA-1: a8537e46fe5d9ceef401edc62b1c159fc85c24c8 SHA-256: ed7516607b9173f4442c8ef01973cb00b45f7299d2b363da5503b6f51f0f76cd
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are algorithmically generated. The presence of a high-confidence ML detection and ClamAV signature indicates malicious intent, likely to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall pattern suggests a malicious link farm designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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
  • 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://lenaoyunlar.net/calisma2/files/uploads/62602196817.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phelieuviethung.vn/upload/files/20888225433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/kilisijub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esicm-old.org/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovudidenonemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/97457315852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140edcd5ae0c---rozakojaragur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloemenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/45478750792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markaz-e-durood.com/EditorImages/file/15376539210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilonew.tasksplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pororogemawokiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/19325888623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedpetexpress.unitedreloth.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mulowexagizexavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepducphat.com/upload/files/30087800041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibliotekaludwin.pl/img/upload/files/17796913370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/ravupexomavadafepanezuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rwd.webseo.tw/upload/files/99512965429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/muminelumoxefitigurudab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linubanowazimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48526516013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/zopezoboraxodizofikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/xubumufokorewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berettyotv.hu/userfiles/files/vunifiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalsublimation.net/uploadfile/files/66205693561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a899.net/userfiles/file/62532735189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56695695340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/41964775976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=2.0+tamil+movie+download+tamilrockersPDF 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_off0000b51b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB51B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD32 10988 bytes
SHA-256: fd8731dfd57ba92bfce312412b1439279ae7bba7f2327b56624e802e7f012cfd
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C9 17604 bytes
SHA-256: df50c5b47e0a81078cfbe924ee7c226e28374a038075801a7ecabe9378e02c45