Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3db98c14c1f7c226…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-05-28 08:06:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7e2c0a50867834140ea2ff26e1d53183 SHA-1: c7c7be1cc78470da5359b31f77f6626d3b6babb1 SHA-256: 3db98c14c1f7c226dc72d88b15d57514d2056f300a69c65773c0b57071ca10ad
292 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file exhibits multiple critical indicators of malicious intent. It contains a link to a known malicious redirector, masquerading as a download for 'Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Mod APK'. Furthermore, it includes instructions to disable security software, a high-risk behavior for unsolicited documents. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous other PDF documents hosted on disposable infrastructure, suggesting a broader campaign to distribute malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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
  • 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://yafferge.ru/strik?utm_term=splinter+cell+chaos+theory+mod+apk+download In PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4408881/normal_6064643f59f2d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4389353/normal_603f51abf1054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4417983/normal_606c4b6b1db85.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4451544/normal_5ff30df9754c8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birinubawode.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/6/0/136026057/dd529b437d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4471275/normal_6029a76e2b46a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4456134/normal_6030e733af78f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mewodufupojapoz.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131857890/labim-fotif-wopivutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4425728/normal_5fe6a4fe221ed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4384307/normal_5ffb2c97354e2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4470226/normal_604dd158de2b0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4502268/normal_605d142c95a85.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lenudigibelap.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/7/4/137499492/0161833904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mesasijodise.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135315214/fapidosorojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4500201/normal_6069196235637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4484631/normal_600c6508ef0f1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4417213/normal_6017c88ecfead.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4465386/normal_60406d30c79b9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zudumatiwa.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873708/7d956492b2907f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wazumiwu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/6/0/136038811/zadatuwuzelofibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4370089/normal_6003724e3bcba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wigotimobegevuj.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134312632/bekigiwo.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/b163c673-7c4e-4054-a0d2-e9d090ce563c/ielts_speaking_cue_card_topics_with_answers_makkar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/5b59a06e-7b91-47f0-b16e-e2517e6237cc/blue_microphones_yeti_nano_usb_microphone_review.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/353906fc-9681-494a-8133-b6b268f3b0ba/how_to_reset_whirlpool_dishwasher_quiet_partner_1.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_off0000f90a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF90A 5676 bytes
SHA-256: 4d3b55f6601bdb5dd46562e4aab56a6f41b2b270e5cf142b613c47a619312f93
font_01_sfnt_off00010c43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C43 11448 bytes
SHA-256: 897354371876fddfeef4a98eba0178d5d618d21959ec79dda3cb0aecac85ed49