Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 435d6ced3b4341f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-03-11 05:20:29 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-05-26
MD5: 4a943cd64d161c55ba39369adea82fc4 SHA-1: 69f3fa4889d01028e19d83d70ed6c78cc8279b7f SHA-256: 435d6ced3b4341f7c7a55fa8a7eea39bff1ad559bf5187a8a049d44cbe339e9b
194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://dugedepap.ru/strik?utm_term=evan+moor+daily+reading+comprehension+grade+5+pdf+free', are likely used to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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://dugedepap.ru/strik?utm_term=evan+moor+daily+reading+comprehension+grade+5+pdf+free PDF link annotation
    • https://gotizede.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695714/270105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gufagopa.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134660265/jegeb-xamivo-xiruwedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fijapirugonobi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134315317/dugiwef-bodavasefajusu-pibeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dufadijikog.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135325035/902602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://labifunuvi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134847398/2626399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widosogepe.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/3/9/133986955/dasewelanoradanonib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xisasuwida.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134472621/limokizezemaseneje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabagazepag.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134498959/6900532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wobufijurix.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131607063/daxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://6754c94d-8795-460a-880d-d127bb37d4d4.filesusr.com/ugd/2383dc_f8465ac16e0d4cc58a8ae7f6d6c47498.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/jinabom/wezazoxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/996d5b02-a0d4-4bbb-9ebe-c0659f0f6c79/33223645606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/fizufapu/bob_revolution_double_stroller_infant_car_seat_adapter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ff999131-262c-4f46-aa1e-84c50d3d9e43.filesusr.com/ugd/a474dd_94e6f6bf8f9e468e9660b3e57836af34.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/0e5aaf32-ec57-478b-b65a-33974a7d6ed5/algebra_lineal_ejercicios_resueltos_numeros_complejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5a11eff3-0c7a-45dd-bb89-060d4d4d2060.filesusr.com/ugd/72216b_a5d3ff351967429c8633f400e8aae717.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f8c3d177-e370-4e92-85a9-0df79a3e56cc/how_to_put_financial_modeling_on_resume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://6129906d-bc82-46a7-99f5-71793a58af3c.filesusr.com/ugd/d162e3_f3c48e4371e84829a4ba4f57cee8d93d.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://d4bcd744-2348-4fe3-9006-05b2fcbd3cbd.filesusr.com/ugd/704566_a2d224d747af492286bd2494d446dc68.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://2ed821ec-8078-4e74-b11b-c5cec6a88262.filesusr.com/ugd/65e777_1eea827792704a56888fec27ceaf0d66.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/xijuxosisomuna/grammar_quizzes_with_answers.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/xezonijida/spanish_question_words_and_answers.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a9864912-ad24-422b-99f3-2d90f7703507.filesusr.com/ugd/d6af85_0d7717a3d6d04b05a4728da19494b973.pdf?index=trueIn 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_off0000cf86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF86 5812 bytes
SHA-256: 2ab1e9a8507fa948d19b545ecf544b94aa1a639fbd50eb5169b0b94b3ff6f154
font_01_sfnt_off0000e347.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE347 10372 bytes
SHA-256: a978046e6cc148bb8e2fb1bbcc329e61085efa5a157f6e6345537142fad0c13a