Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09635baef18052a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-03-19 12:06:53 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-07
MD5: e5faab11932077d5a5325db793da47c3 SHA-1: 61785d85051e08902ac20bda124a848b71e99642 SHA-256: 09635baef18052a78a8a0b89321fe7aee215b5b5f7e53479baa9d7cc5d7cca36
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external URIs point towards a malicious document designed to exploit users through deceptive content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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://ponafet.ru/strik?utm_term=harsh+mohan+pathology+book+for+dental+students+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/zosiwutu/hghcAgh/exoskeleton_suit_for_sale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4378623/normal_6016369bdbe3d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firerokuk.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164187/8918360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/wizokawoxo/SCGjege/crystal_jobli_and_blaster.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4417543/normal_5fe8aaf621d65.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/numovasovev/ihghihe/zevuvejatozuwidefezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dudulisatosix.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637211/1201338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/pifizumux/wMWVljf/demigods_academy_year_3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4426813/normal_6039152ae084e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zitukuwekoba.sportsontheweb.net/59995993673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/wokowuvawuz/gffbHgi/dokudifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4455403/normal_6036054a685bd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kajuzumanaz.sportsontheweb.net/low_back_pain_exercises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/lazemowul/pnZIkgh/cara_beli_pulsa_listrik_pakai_pulsa_telkomsel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rigukolanerimi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134519373/c098e727bb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4414488/normal_5febe2660cb9b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonebosu.mywebcommunity.org/dopeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetasokimatajed.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/2/135296406/233f84970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/forinabam/gf39muc/85606581295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/buganisazobu/wvijNih/texutilexolomavexawedima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vomimaforotagi.mywebcommunity.org/pollo_loco_nutrition_keto_taco.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/zofizitene/8ifheaq/dijuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jegobagugixados.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134858953/bidukejetedalonol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/0c18035e-a6e0-48ed-b3e8-8d81978452b5/75243424780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/83340fe2-17e3-4818-bfa7-370411df2447/how_to_get_true_ending_steins_gate_elite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naburonip.myartsonline.com/kapavotovup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/a060321b-ced8-4745-ab91-8f55d51c86a2/siromajodorofivaroxetaxi.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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d777.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD777 5720 bytes
SHA-256: 77ff33b3aec23e93491947eb57ec8ff7036df47f23661ea68279d62703934d92
font_01_sfnt_off0000eac9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC9 10668 bytes
SHA-256: e34760aa0f1b598fdb0159b2bce228ada9234bd8df1832ee61e70959f1bd2d4e