Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 404a5805d6dd717d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-02-22 08:07:14 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-05-22
MD5: 0279b79c7d02cb2616144ccbfd3c142c SHA-1: 761ef6d04b46de420efbfd313df10ff7ebd1ebd9 SHA-256: 404a5805d6dd717d6d2e7f614047a8f86f2b6a672d4a65f5b46e0453f4163e81
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable domains or link farms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The heuristic 'SE_URGENCY_LURE' suggests the document may employ deceptive language to prompt user interaction, further supporting a phishing attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://leonvi.ru/strik?utm_term=vedic+astrology+compatibility+report+free PDF link annotation
    • http://bedating.online/bhutanese_song_freeoda3l.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zitupakunetod.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739751/luwenegipidolaw_xewijeriren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerojapozexux.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/0/134016693/vebesofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itali-big.space/wiwavasozojakixulozezukmz41.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frukt.fun/fisher_paykel_smartload_dryer_parts_diagramhkbo6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinerapidsrr.com/amor_fati_nietzsche3wgi3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zikixitifo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134897390/nexane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pidedofafotego.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438241/2889687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbanapoli.moscow/111139085334k0o2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://zixadadafupeg.epizy.com/jovirojoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/dazawojob/waruromasasikokefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/posufij/guided_meditation_for_deep_sleep_fast.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/sepovutapakogaf/clarks_shoes_size_guide_uk.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
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A6 5684 bytes
SHA-256: b3b07c16b6e054be285d5cb8939cc5bfc00b4819e9ca491a948cedfdf275e35e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E9 3720 bytes
SHA-256: d0c9e33916e9e64e42e31bcf0d345f6c2fcd41735b1a34df0119bd0eb1094281
font_02_sfnt_off0001044d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1044D 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 9f9555ab2d575638488e53ce738eda223785b0daf78b950255499b5e6e977b5a