Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15a33e65d3529894…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-05-25 15:58:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 495844c00a8d13685953d531241022ff SHA-1: 3a8c2f28262c64e5c1ebdd892ee73620e90e91a4 SHA-256: 15a33e65d3529894ae63011ab9578ff0f71d9503dcf3527445c04da43154957a
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, a technique often used for SEO poisoning or to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier flagging indicate malicious intent. The embedded URL and the primary external link suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7050

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://kuzutuzo.ru/strik?utm_term=tamil+typewriting+tutorial+pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4496826/normal_5fd68a17053a5.pdf
    • https://rolorizumi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134316308/d87af3d8226b.pdf
    • https://gawajofanobovap.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/2/135296378/bc23c21105c1f.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4476274/normal_605c495f82223.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4366397/normal_605a7cf40ddaf.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4446174/normal_601bff247e0bd.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4460476/normal_603fb06d8c4e6.pdf
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4469359/normal_5feb43123e783.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4464083/normal_601f1c04a6109.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4412159/normal_6027d57deb4e2.pdf
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohit
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b717596f-29b4-47cf-8493-03ef462685be/87062812049.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/608b036b-a342-408a-b681-7fceab59559a/experience_and_education_citation.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/5071cc00-f33b-4072-89fc-6583b27d0b87/53652304098.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/57f3c80b-5926-4fad-b4aa-d79164e46d4a/68087430152.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/5a9f639f-5742-462d-8fdb-3a258e061ba2/snare_rudiments.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/c164c59f-fead-43f3-a186-b058a482e4dd/atlas_lathe_for_sale.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/6a2778b9-55b5-46ba-a18b-139b1753569b/94328522614.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/ffb673a1-061f-4b8f-a925-63d76a2e91a5/tokalumudikusex.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/8dc4aaac-5336-4d91-998e-360cfb7816a2/nojugobiwevadeteridutel.pdf
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0000fa0e.bin
3a135c936007397d9bb0fc9bbe8f9a021bc9141c057f70a1996c1a681a72d7c6
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xFA0E 27340 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7ec.bin
9b0be714950d2e6f0a699612da01423b6b9633bc26fcebeef06eb8eb9317b85f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7EC 5328 bytes