Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f60248e5c088c62a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-09-25 07:03:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 02a597cad8cafb06df29f6b0e73faff9 SHA-1: 6f7d1b49707e62fc56abd7e936f7c7efe0c0216f SHA-256: f60248e5c088c62ae7b144cbf03a91999ff6061db8aedf0636f94df8133c8197
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on disposable domains and appear to be part of a link farm. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' specifically points to a suspicious PDF download URL. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rufus+roost+luxury+treehouse PDF link annotation
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/zaxikadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/87282145365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://33podarka.ru/pictures/files/fajavonododozafuroxigon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koovappadyscb.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xumegevutuxovenokigajogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cofetariafraguta.ro/UserFiles/file/25655352284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pampa.be/uploads/userfiles/files/59723485868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46837701959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamaro.cz/images/fcke_files/file/97366595762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingwedge.com/uploads/assets/file/tibupotewiker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/foxopujofukowamala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariailmarzocco.it/userfiles/files/41342112230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/75493158590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agot.pl/upload/file/54094623095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobermanncz.eu/files/lutefolagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lawuxafali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyramidplaster.com/file_media/file_image/file/17247788202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/10329139579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/dodobinorusaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/5260677852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5993a4d05eae206d1eb81c3c40312a3/xirevaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachconggiao.com/luutru/files/23810812121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristaldicarlo.com/userfiles/file/medaginifopaladuxozepevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/witofuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukasikgroup.pl/Image/files/sukixovukasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/4268454266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62922900416.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_off0000af41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF41 14756 bytes
SHA-256: d7fce101aecabb38f7a94de1d87c46629955fe76b6859868bfc4c00e13aad885
font_01_sfnt_off0000d437.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD437 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC4E 10316 bytes
SHA-256: 8ef8f17dfe95749043ec32996b8a16153afe02d0aa864e429da489f456c51271