Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef5aa8ca39b00fcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:38:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5e212fd8173884efaae868456dbb0f17 SHA-1: 476aba891f7669716c60965c1829b6b3e1b635e2 SHA-256: ef5aa8ca39b00fccfc65acbe4d5d67eeb899e2a00f381ead8d8c5c317e7a9cfd
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for redirecting users to malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely attempts to download a second-stage payload or redirect to a phishing page, as evidenced by the numerous suspicious URLs found within the document, including one pointing to a potential app download lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+disney+plus+hotstar+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/40132351031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohingltd.com/userfiles/fabejapazebufob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-plovdiv.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wimodasujajidafujonetepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintjorisparochie.nl/userfiles/file/vazafogazobobuzalaxole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aledrukujemy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97581369306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayanairag.com/uploads/userfiles/files/jefatuvakasajakaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613240bb8ae4b---84248336550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/458a03d2a88783f56eb802edf3b5dd80/gejedudomiwarulunosoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitrangvabaoho.com/Images_upload/files/siwuvusep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdv.sk/userfiles/articles/file/tadojutubelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jotawijirozoxufodifif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenphat.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/rapafekijosapikowapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasz.hu/editor_up/wikonuxefuxibarejuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zippy-inc.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/kamilibib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jorkurojus.com/userfiles/file/marexojokuruwalofimara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indagosrl.it/userfiles/files/suzosunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafiport.com/userfiles/file/votagiroduzikoramexobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theponghop.com/upload/files/lefasiselezivazegutuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancunday.com/travela/img/files/10955470401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/97766719970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zazadib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madspot.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85344224853.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_off0000da5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA5C 10880 bytes
SHA-256: bec013487f9dc47c7cb5c1ebcfc3f54a448eeb2c9d51e8249cd060b9a13d718e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f384.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF384 17404 bytes
SHA-256: d29744d0d4d89abe5b161af3d434df49d900f3e66eb3b46dfe5a74ea424cda6b
font_02_sfnt_off000120de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1