Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b158bebc1d3df82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-04-02 13:39:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 984cc1e90b4ccb559fff62e33c7adf60 SHA-1: 26d7f1b2167b535005b91576d404c53133ba50bd SHA-256: 4b158bebc1d3df82d58e75d5a522e3c767fcceede9034a57ad9ec1e7d1a6b215
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to disposable domains and forming a link farm, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a deliberate attempt to create a network of low-reputation links. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure itself likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 5

  • 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 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://nipisod.ru/123?utm_term=red+lobster+cheddar+biscuit+nutrition+information PDF link annotation
    • http://neridofufuleteg.scienceontheweb.net/kodaxukepusigejivuvike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4427820/normal_5ff0b3938b98e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetebozo.mypressonline.com/10526627423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4483842/normal_603cc678cc77a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukiduxipapep.mywebcommunity.org/ajahn_brahm_chomikuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4460266/normal_60256d02b0f5c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4373511/normal_5ff5959f439dd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mumolazesinidix.getenjoyment.net/sixekunufegemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/de7aa5b1-ab8c-49b4-9166-a4d78fa214fa/51877657607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/memobofilenabon/gizimulesodabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/8719a5f6-34cd-46c0-a811-11a3ebde5ed6/69624017442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/nawuvud/badland_mod_apk_latest_version.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/lunojol/video_games_online_unblocked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/c55d34cc-7e7d-413e-9f92-3e1acbc99475/62975970649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/4acd49c2-0171-41aa-8a42-9b938111eac5/john_paul_jackson_dreams_and_mysteries_youtube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/megelugik/barton_removable_mainsheet_track.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/056b6809-9b43-4234-a4ae-97a6c96efe5b/msi_b360m_bazooka_cpu_compatibility.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/e0f51880-c0dd-4b7a-9b84-42b5643a5fce/how_much_do_power_engineers_make_in_alberta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/medaliwifufugel/74759141290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/d9c1f72d-e05a-4349-b7cd-3ac9bf22b2b6/video_conferencing_using_sip_protocol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/7e6d87f2-f803-4d98-8d05-155865f3bf1b/epson_p800_ink_cost_per_print.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/21ea879b-da7b-402f-9847-d0b5007c6250/how_long_does_it_take_to_get_tracking_number_usps.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tosabukevosubar.myartsonline.com/50485094430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/7faef686-a8b3-4e2c-be4e-36cbbc185fca/what_is_the_best_countertop_microwave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f8fb17d7-9d57-4191-a135-e1968919f298/makenorewuk.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_off0000f362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF362 5408 bytes
SHA-256: 5d0054bd5e1cbd34a2cac80267b83a9e38435c33227f7dff85a5cb1a18d00a40
font_01_sfnt_off000105a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A0 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 703e84082023f67af8cda821ee212dd45911b09f2d7b690c3e363bbf7943d30a