Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 414aa54d3910015d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-04-01 21:53:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 733e0ab4562e810646438caed43e913b SHA-1: 86c498cc5643c98b9f88c4464acd0f4d20f23d61 SHA-256: 414aa54d3910015da1f697bec7fa98f6d1e7588a203b0bb0c1ce748c9473787c
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links are indicative of techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://druttle.ru/strik?utm_term=beethoven+sonata+no.+8+op.+13+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://xiligori.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131411896/9048288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizidijekivaza.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134502856/gefejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/gujurolekuma/KYif965/garfield_dice_rush_apk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakituku.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134589995/3170821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/kizafizutuw/v5jjib1/best_drag_racers_of_all_time.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirilume.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134886795/fakolera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teputire.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813428/3053488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4427514/normal_60241c91ccd54.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/nisisepolo/hhghhd5/closest_train_station_to_monmouth_race_track.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/fabetojowuje/jihihfr/87216904894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakalabaxis.mywebcommunity.org/asphalt_road_construction.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4404299/normal_604db80634500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/zutoruxutu/bBVjeJt/nostalgia_ultra_frank_ocean_bandcamp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pufakifitapota.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134581323/nasoratujoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/sofizagumup/j9BiaJ9/lightsaber_colors_swtor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/pubamegumox/heOQqfQ/mp3_cutter_and_ringtone_maker_for_windows_8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4407810/normal_5fd25ade04bde.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rofuvawe.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134363923/689c72.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4369919/normal_6059a5de68593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulomodev.getenjoyment.net/what_type_of_oil_to_use_in_a_briggs_and_stratton_generator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puruvafapazono.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130815059/videsesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4371244/normal_6012e7290cba4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nerilumasufut.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437044/e2c142f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/fekawitaxug/YtzigY0/75968345633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://bafuwujix.atwebpages.com/speak_now_1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagugexasorip.myartsonline.com/zepujimaroxotugi.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://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF4 5552 bytes
SHA-256: c2d13452d662a3ab23200168b4baaa2a85142961b24abfe8985c4c8ec4d335b3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fef6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF6 11720 bytes
SHA-256: 5fd4621bb3efe8269a83b6c88a23c0aede56ecb230e0e790331bd67795e1a162
font_02_sfnt_off0001257b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1257B 16120 bytes
SHA-256: 184efd0e138a9418359f6897f9ac56b5cd93cafbd57abf30711ac2aee7e18832