Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 534249d5d5450b26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-03-11 08:09:32 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 396cb759e59b5470e80ec36641abeca5 SHA-1: c670459891edad461ef4f3b1fe5c1d95c7673692 SHA-256: 534249d5d5450b265105a10a2798e8223b956cf04a998373b8b7fdeb14c923d2
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains and appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and the heuristic firings suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, potentially exploiting vulnerabilities or attempting social engineering.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not 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.
  • 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://kuzutuzo.ru/wix?keyword=maintaining+social+order+news PDF link annotation
    • http://vorasim.iblogger.org/epic_games_real_cash_apk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesap-al-sat.com/80385909170jsin8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ziwodenitisal.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134350364/5384419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vesokawewewavi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131382886/7dcae7cdf1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytri.com/jiranobegarewasakijetek3m89e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copalofa.site/gabezizodojurubexezezugapcvcwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuxuminitemup.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874085/3ec02.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fomaxos.22web.org/are_the_gre_practice_tests_accurate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabugejagovim.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637755/005b0c9cd8c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://javemutamutog.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134638327/7bf009a79700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jezexubuxerib.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/0/134040893/rifubolawubibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snail-case.store/word_365_character_count3oiv3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikotawikeju.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134496208/4219085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tunibedexorole.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135350281/funakosirixagufege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://ripivetozevulu.epizy.com/calendar_template_design_2020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fe92b815-f0fe-4223-924b-659339f44b90.filesusr.com/ugd/8f64fc_583f4b4d18354de98207e50e3ffc3ddf.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f12965f3-aa2f-4392-aab1-a8e29dac8968/photosynthesis_worksheets_high_school.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/efcdd93c-14f8-46e5-b451-b09a7e446299/the_culture_code_chapter_summary.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatuxijor.epizy.com/kanye_west_runaway_piano_sheet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b1bfb47a-201e-408a-84bc-dce9da71f4a6/the_one_minute_manager_review.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://72b50e20-f79f-40ca-96b4-24bef83e308f.filesusr.com/ugd/1a1092_8e994877d6ca4257a2ada403f2522398.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/cdc6e6d2-d992-4371-ae58-916cae838747/mutove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/117225d4-1528-4210-a9c4-b07fd6d342e5/building_fall_down_in_tirupati.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_off0000e9b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B6 5204 bytes
SHA-256: cb951d2e80d17c1ad25d778438216fd41cf80b5ecd9f57d590bd7db5c5cc7474
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB90 9944 bytes
SHA-256: be1c25658153b12a2367643f20d4360f4b7cbe9d359a929939764b13fa81d280