Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f263768563884524…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-10-05 11:38:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: f2ed6999e81af41afb9cc6d29c09cb97 SHA-1: 8d4b5dc09f66cf373adfaad2f6a9d33e5c6138a4 SHA-256: f263768563884524f4d94c5b49ae767d0699f9a5e4d5635c1d9ae8648a14966f
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm on disposable hosting. The embedded URLs and the document's structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF's nature implies it's part of a spearphishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7217

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=php+zend+framework+tutorial+for+beginners+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://indigobaby.eu/upload/files/nubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpksieradz.pl/upload/file/57863358350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgdsgfly.pretty-match.com/upload/files/zubare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingyilin.org/uploads/file/pugefemobupabijupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glamweddingdesign.com/userfiles/file/58269295696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/vadupusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/suziwalopetivexagufutivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/46065800808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eagleegg5k.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/46174649628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161543f1a3f749---13350259347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzirerealtors.com/uploads/38955815378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/54224489415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mariabeckmann.com/fotos/uploads/files/nikerigijefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taigesw.com/upload/files/33050889117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eotp.info/sites/default/files/fck/file/bofeliwulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app0.linkeo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81405319880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynadakikemalizm.com/resimler/files/tivoxiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/rudalilugikodade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/57560308427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a3dd78264499702f8c43ff94a7f1ad1/30001024507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sexualaufklaerung-schule.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87401001160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/70012719744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/6569183881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtongrongshang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210902234800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19746587161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA94 11424 bytes
SHA-256: 4e74dd65a20b7626697c893626f00e2cac0c3dc45be1e08395bd458f9b0e3fab
font_01_sfnt_off00010504.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10504 19572 bytes
SHA-256: be7de7359535821736d6a50bfa210b05e0d8fb9a09cc9ba7ba68fb89a5c55db4