Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32266239f1b6973e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-03-19 03:48:45 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 8d3b264cba0c0e619fb32a74dd5de6d0 SHA-1: 5fe802b9c0085234fa755ecc2bd6e927382a4fca SHA-256: 32266239f1b6973e99a72e2724c127b6ca671635d7078374da15b351b30839c3
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains a large number of external links, many pointing to disposable domains, indicating a link farm or SEO manipulation scheme. One of the embedded URIs, 'https://vilenefex.ru/award?keyword=small+business+proposal+sample+pdf', suggests a lure to disguise the malicious intent. The PDF structure and embedded content are consistent with techniques used to distribute malicious content or manipulate search engine rankings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://vilenefex.ru/award?keyword=small+business+proposal+sample+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://fulukegoror.getenjoyment.net/97970759433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wigufigavotafo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131452860/gomareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaxefosizi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/6/0/136083017/zejutak-wafixejawigamaz-nisatuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zogometemo.sportsontheweb.net/bonjour_tristesse_analyse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kodutizaga.mywebcommunity.org/antibioticos_para_absceso_perianal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotegeposopema.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/7/134743683/8638080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lufisadoxusixa.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134583632/togeralivadavu-komeken-fokujada-vajumolurizuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sekilulijafos.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438177/gipexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vovinusowoxojik.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134349833/b862bf00a5f590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zigapajuxijado.mywebcommunity.org/fukafewirugibaniwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banezinalirunod.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437453/lifokuzazadas-zegod-gotusokefe-fetizipuwexede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kofitabalu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775223/napesutonolurewerig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaboliwup.mypressonline.com/paduzinixulabibujarofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riwalimuj.scienceontheweb.net/6439958239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigodabazo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134872933/9df4e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/feseni/naruto_shippuden_ultimate_ninja_impact_iso_apk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/6fe97ec5-c2e0-47e7-b940-8efc58cbac09/amana_washer_ntw4516fw3_parts.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/potofaw/kuzutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/9bffa1dd-2594-4c45-89c0-756dea637d9a/syndicated_deal_analyzer_xls.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/nilafafakem/gpsmap_62s_for_sale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogofideb.onlinewebshop.net/wagobijovutifesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/d86c762b-0704-4a36-9df8-7531a23e6860/wuzexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/921859f0-0ff6-4f9e-8446-f02ade8aca15/what_is_dynamic_port_security.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mukanebesiva.atwebpages.com/cardiopatia_hipertensiva_tratamiento.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/1517cd06-cd3c-4920-9e3e-1fbdaf5013a5/go_where_you_feel_most_alive_quotes.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_off00012c54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C54 5428 bytes
SHA-256: 6cb1a0fc5ce78a66a9a7b4d2db5a68c7524be1a533d72a7a24bd4557fbc4d1d9
font_01_sfnt_off00013ea3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EA3 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 892fd6f7fb67dbb32103b7b20133cc16e7807a83a48cd71b29cc4324e53dd95d