Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49a14b5ecb3b6eee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-03-09 00:06:18 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-17
MD5: fdd15979818302b1c3e857c3ad5c6ec7 SHA-1: 728df65366abed8cfac26d0d199234991192bb91 SHA-256: 49a14b5ecb3b6eee23d757a4606ba6335e4323964e4e1d85857e7c5760fd7fe0
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to disposable domains, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically phishing. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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
  • 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://resalured.ru/wix?keyword=camille+vs+singed+reddit PDF link annotation
    • http://superheatbelt.xyz/call_of_duty_world_at_war_zombies_mobile_apk9xy5n.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://govnosiakxws.online/does_amazon_prime_have_50_shades_of_greypf7lh.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jurisel.iblogger.org/vikudelowapirepiloberu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp4.design/jiroxusedanekgii3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cashthe.ru/scope_and_sequence_template_nsw1yri8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4368238/normal_602028091002c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paksorond.xyz/2007_toyota_yaris_hatchback_headlight_bulbe4ofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wizagulonas.22web.org/remote_control_android_device_over_wifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goproonly.com/37309390539b8mk5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4456393/normal_5ff9eead24d30.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sallles.ru/74855003981793md.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • http://mujotipaxoxi.epizy.com/74885464956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/c90bca29-3925-48b1-b4e0-42b374e02745/wesutebizumubuvepugido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/48c9bd17-7ec0-4269-a396-b18334b3ebe4/value_based_education_essay_in_hindi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/042916c4-cbe1-44db-a81d-8d96ed2f39c4/ccna_security_210-260_syllabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/2b4c3840-5884-4cc0-8c3a-3b234610744e/where_to_dispose_old_clothes_and_shoes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xavemiwikujuxuk.rf.gd/24636255528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/d9d14936-16d0-4b75-9367-9c8a90fb3d59/conscious_capitalism_wiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/4829d801-e6e4-4561-b7dd-4a5698b5c43e/how_do_you_program_a_clicker_universal_remote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/eefb25ba-19c0-41f6-a3f2-d26649dd762e/john_dewey_education_and_experience.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/0d4026b3-4f70-4a09-b4e9-4447c9d41159/36739226332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/be09e649-b83f-4864-bd80-e37119dc7011/grammar_and_composition_handbook_grade_7_answers.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cfd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD6 4904 bytes
SHA-256: c4b2a5928e55c5f3d652fe1edcbe504d39240a2a14dc0c00096ab021521c6c4f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e067.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE067 9936 bytes
SHA-256: 6adbfdc0355d6e634dac8a28ba8f51aa95df6c606d0db39c5733ec9c6109a88b
font_02_sfnt_off00010234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10234 4324 bytes
SHA-256: ff5f0ef16caf3e97cd1984b3a03ea88e11eab8cf63d2ee006085a4b9995833f3