Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42a125515d542af2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-04-06 23:53:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 82cf0c49e19c79ea9031f1b672cf0999 SHA-1: 3cc1b2a4a1a87c4744acea9a94a3a4b60fb75cc6 SHA-256: 42a125515d542af2b85a8e0cb8cb979676fcafe270615a8b6203836da5ff1ac7
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple embedded URLs, with at least one identified as a malicious redirector. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to contain search-related text, suggesting a lure to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 5

  • 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 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.
  • 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://crophysi.ru/strik?utm_term=what+is+the+most+calorie+dense+food+per+100g In PDF document text
    • http://newutatokulu.getenjoyment.net/namisatiradagare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mibejar.sportsontheweb.net/engineering_company_profile_examples.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djami.ru/nursing_diagnosis_handbook_12thfpbl8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sodahq.pro/free_english_comprehension_worksheets_grade_413h6x.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/wazafanez/rw3igMO/strike_ten_pin_bowling_game.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/bujasugawo/ghiMVje/dozavajonegenin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austritkfa.com/the_cat_in_the_hat_knows_a_lot_about_that_season_1_episode_34ly92h.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mon-cmbretagne.best/benefits_of_fearing_god2wlgg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/luzigagoguna/gdPAPgf/pokemon_detective_pikachu_movie_2019_wiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/pabelewexo/hbS76ge/best_filter_app_for_snapchat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/bifoligi/h7Xgh7q/dungeon_chronicle_apk_offline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pugezesiw.mygamesonline.org/48901784977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://645c32c3-7e99-4959-b93b-7980205539d7.filesusr.com/ugd/30a31c_c00cd920623a4fbea62e32ed1d7c0646.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • http://gexegubiduw.atwebpages.com/46485562772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jelomasulavi.atwebpages.com/starwood_brand_standards.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b24182fa-1fee-416c-9f57-41d8a36573e1.filesusr.com/ugd/1cc367_70fd5f31fb8749b1922ad8d58811099c.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://8a7e94d2-1b07-4399-8a7b-cfebf1eb419e.filesusr.com/ugd/e78b77_ac3386d1a571486d8acd460100456afd.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • http://tirisesu.onlinewebshop.net/low_carb_diet_menu_plan_for_a_week.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e691ad07-92dc-45fa-af10-8929b4045ede.filesusr.com/ugd/87b9a8_01c9125dfa4747ce8e91ce5b00ce0cf0.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • http://xisuwujilaxemer.myartsonline.com/believing_christ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/vibuvomomuv/sulinitut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2b81f3f0-3f46-42ff-87a7-5865dd96cd3c.filesusr.com/ugd/fb41f9_346123c81a254e908ffedb276aac9833.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/widiku/python_tricks_the_book_review.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mojogoralil.onlinewebshop.net/46124474623.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_off0000ef57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF57 5776 bytes
SHA-256: d67ad2b89dd21f913f61eb8311c176c604ce6d00dc54698319599d03222bcc3a
font_01_sfnt_off000102ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102EA 10736 bytes
SHA-256: f61d831301417809f001de2f011e3d9c5c4070f5bc2c997bb0932ceb8816508e