Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0dc5bfc42fcf7170…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-03-04 18:08:52 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-05-23
MD5: e6bc8f81c8af39a5c5fca6513f2dba49 SHA-1: 5d46fbab14b7c7ba3be3dd5d55a2463414894351 SHA-256: 0dc5bfc42fcf7170a3b8765ee09d74402c3599376538351e16872103d58e1740
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to disposable domains and SEO-optimized PDF farms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links and the PDF structure itself are indicative of malicious activity, likely leading to a second-stage download or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://nipisod.ru/strik?utm_term=master+forge+5-burner+modular+gas+grill+cover PDF link annotation
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/wezikinupig/iRhgxgc/bundesliga_top_scorer_2020_bbc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/jadepibake/hPhegjh/30364546303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://losaburi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135322327/medamifupojuzuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babewepuk.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134311046/9d311694f99091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debozapo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164198/fabotogovetasat-netuxumo-vozivanovusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supportcopyright.net/fireman_sam_costume_hire_adultsp760u.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://durunefa.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/7/134712847/jarimirow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foripekomufotir.mypressonline.com/30866885020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tendernes.ru/application_for_scholarship_letter_examplesj2n97.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://privateguardingserviceagainstdanger.site/42506758323nifjq.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slmit.space/suwakumotamovomunofkic.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saniwigudovo.scienceontheweb.net/88893486698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/nadizolobe/yifjgVj/cheap_call_pakistan_1p.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wozekozexufoxol.scienceontheweb.net/game_of_thrones_book_1_published_date.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lofajemami.sportsontheweb.net/timex_indiglo_ironman_triathlon_watch.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zafudibibini.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/1/134108698/dulopakakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apparentlyopt.com/california_academic_performance_index_apihqnh2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://0eb00d84-361a-45dc-b346-1af5c8eb785c.filesusr.com/ugd/d79848_d7579a778749458b91e7e3426c64ee95.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://80820154-e864-4b0c-832b-212b24169927.filesusr.com/ugd/c12414_47300311204d40daa418c67fc1a2f17b.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://af18ad75-7652-4b25-b9e0-8da5fded0af1.filesusr.com/ugd/529385_242e5c5a19554e08b581c6b914f32d8c.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://23da7c74-6e14-424a-b22a-901aa35eafb1.filesusr.com/ugd/9cc572_9189d4ada548451989098be54762e26d.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/1a2e778e-2498-429c-833b-198952c0cd1e/rinovewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/a14ea491-7270-45f9-9018-e11c8ad8b987/93996457675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/7bf6f6da-b2f6-4348-925c-d9eca1e1211c/how_do_i_know_if_my_6.0_turbo_is_bad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogalibamadom.myartsonline.com/shadowrun_returns_hong_kong_review.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/15eae842-a209-4abb-bb60-f933d0e5d469/list_of_irregular_spanish_verbs_and_conjugations.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://d1897088-ef6e-4b60-8303-910b4b551fc1.filesusr.com/ugd/4cfbbd_b8586add13124ed7b78437874e0884b9.pdf?index=trueIn 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_off0000dab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB3 5700 bytes
SHA-256: bd5a77cb388f63ca48927af4e518106a8410f5014d0619100c44ce2a56721c4a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE25 10004 bytes
SHA-256: ed98385462774a53128ba5bab7a4337268cb34c2c1f8ee166ca2ec364b95be36