Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff3afe0ed78c64ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 11:45:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c334cdc9615e7b2660c8019b8ab2934b SHA-1: dbb63959f949acaa4c88b0557edeeeb6805127c1 SHA-256: ff3afe0ed78c64ff45c41420547a5dd72a09a1153216595c11039155adebd22b
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The heuristic firings and numerous external URLs suggest the primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially malicious websites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

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
  • 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=volume+of+a+cube+word+problems+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/gibapetupaxota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/31906043395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shippingengineering.com/files/ckeditorothers/37655740987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/80746172026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikahaiphong.com/images/news/files/bexanubekotugawore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/74617805764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misr-consult.com/userfiles/file/mavunuxojigofexedanomodob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acr9l5tc2iug0gi2khs0gqmp76/87408561914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/bukomaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/14638592759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/fawifajozitufatitizixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehouseproduction.net/file/95661781316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkenkalip.com/files/xunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-plast.ru/foto/files/29464838782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.net/contents/files/29433751195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/8534937326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espwireless.net/uploads/file/jegejiberasofagiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22631771626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/rugoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/subigowisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czpohledavky.cz/userfiles/files/bemenamuxisifig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/15003486275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgawefgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/98403916793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naxemujumawitelawumowiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidsslot.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42260642475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekumumetuwarej.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_off0000b145.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB145 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c957.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC957 15912 bytes
SHA-256: 1b23934967b2abf1d128ee2f88fc1eac6a0a321d87f7d69d89c12e7c16164901
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1AA 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 5f73ba977335e78226306ffe8f1ca4b7e38a2634604bbd00f0d5e6664622d821