Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55c818a296af0713…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-04-06 07:34:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-02
MD5: 700948028038005fd9c45600047e80da SHA-1: dc2e430a078dcb22c0da6728ad2b0f06042dcbe1 SHA-256: 55c818a296af07135fe9e30545aa059521ce0d862bf46fb3ad85413026b22c95
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a large number of external links, many pointing to disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing operation. The primary external URL, https://jacksth.ru/award?keyword=qualitative+risk+analysis+pdf, is likely the intended destination for users tricked into opening the document. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and numerous external links strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://jacksth.ru/award?keyword=qualitative+risk+analysis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://dovejopizodumu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134883147/7098177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vijevejumozugim.sportsontheweb.net/20892841254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tejovotemikodes.getenjoyment.net/88327087472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapixokevabose.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134498139/6107544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishing-rods2.club/easy_math_word_problems_1st_gradej0lcp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobisikude.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606420/1901384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrivewebs.com/sharp_carousel_convection_microwave_repairzvdls.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zojujevekuki.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969212/mugiwowe_tunoxo_wikib_kedofedive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratowoxure.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134584599/279691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getporte.xyz/how_to_reset_asko_dishwasher_d5424h5y84.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zilamuro.medianewsonline.com/educational_psychology_research_topics.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/6d5e2a54-2d6f-4610-8573-ae281fb11e0f/fubikejadulagosibulud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/tedowafomaru/verozudifisufonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/11388f1f-521e-42a6-b062-861c25a8fed2/94022139260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/77e96ffe-d784-4473-8ecc-87b9788e5379/wine_enthusiast_18-bottle_dual_zone_max_compressor_wine_cooler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/4ce429c9-0f6a-4457-aca8-8c58a6c4922f/what_is_the_salary_of_digital_marketing_in_india.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xonolori.atwebpages.com/87663499726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b6413bd9-9e14-4610-9205-4e8aadd0758c/menomifoxevonovubogepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/mejobu/23038211628.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_off0000f7c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C3 5324 bytes
SHA-256: b547a977531be803beb71e1465b32e04add301c1d0e462e752042da6240a1f04
font_01_sfnt_off000109fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109FD 10332 bytes
SHA-256: 69e5b664254bbe6b5c4e09de69515431d6c972081349b602ca3dc6f8e0dc47a2