Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 239a8dc6691df716…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-03-24 17:13:16 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 5aba43c96a1356667aa84ffe20784d49 SHA-1: 9cd64a7f0f87f9e3a45219e52222f79e1e580189 SHA-256: 239a8dc6691df716efc3fc3239b679be052dd744ce2c513c678085907aa90fd3
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, with several pointing to disposable hosting and potentially malicious domains. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to download a payload. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://soxebez.ru/award?keyword=nios+maths+book+class+10+solutions+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://lnstagramverifiedsbadgeforms.com/what_affects_the_kinetic_energy_of_an_objectyni7u.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accface.in/list_3_examples_of_heat_transfer8k70n.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melowew.scienceontheweb.net/33956124347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idealica-ordina.site/xixederutovawerarofapenpicy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4370304/normal_5ff5312434d07.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjawebdesign.net/58619962403kq2rz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4392193/normal_60062b63e2cb7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petersikdar.com/blood_pressure_by_age_calculator_australiabn64t.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/xamewivuvus/YZBgcbV/pujikanamurukuvawiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4389824/normal_6057aac0dcb58.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4481830/normal_6030540985485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/veletafi/hjjijju/ladies_vintage_rolling_stones_t_shirt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/munuluxel/Kfibdha/religions_percentage_uk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://futikuzita.onlinewebshop.net/zero_sort_recycling_bangor_maine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/4be038f6-bc85-4841-9463-8a2959adcd2a/murray_riding_mower_battery_voltage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5de6e22f-064f-4859-b003-4eaa502c5056.filesusr.com/ugd/2609e6_7f7f57dabbae4e558b44382d7ba47abd.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://676a7a22-5bec-432e-92e0-9d4a0a27851c.filesusr.com/ugd/a1fb72_cbc1842181074cd6a3fa7449b8eee6a9.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/d077bc96-9972-4811-9154-de164a4eabcd/what_is_the_role_of_a_senior_nco_in_mission_command.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masemipeba.myartsonline.com/78642645940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nukilaba.myartsonline.com/dietrich_bonhoeffer_eric_metaxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xemunebo.atwebpages.com/decomposition_of_organic_matter_in_soil.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_off0000e64f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE64F 5664 bytes
SHA-256: fa80b3dfdf9c69e97cd98d194e4c069ea19f0d509a6c14f716f5ea0655a8bc88
font_01_sfnt_off0000f972.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF972 10960 bytes
SHA-256: b4816a0c56fad79d66ff49a4cbacd6461d32849c47c83e97379d5f275d96bc51