Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b078427a3cd276e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-03-09 21:16:41 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: e27cbce0dcccf7276d2e9f479f319495 SHA-1: ca932eeaaaba911c8c47481e84628a02c63ea80b SHA-256: 5b078427a3cd276ed2166fe6c4f27ab045b26a3142ce6245b6d309e2a607e707
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, with one heuristic specifically identifying a link to an algorithmically-generated URL on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The document body, though partially garbled, suggests a lure related to 'assertive communication' or 'excel training' to entice users to click on the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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/award?keyword=assertive+communication+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4471995/normal_6002d086aba83.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frontend-developer-azaynullin.site/kufanedidojigwiitn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/mibemofega/ebK7Did/notewapupebanowekinip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4413112/normal_601cb1fc0235f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/wofikubid/MkL4jeT/kuwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4449603/normal_60344bded0889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/fekawifen/vhcgdjg/87863869391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/tavedikovo/ahhhcEu/air_traffic_controller_training_in_jamaica.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4445532/normal_602717e9585ad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skidki-day.store/what_can_you_give_a_teenager_for_anxietyjpppo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laulu-go.ru/how_to_become_a_certified_outboard_mechanic6gv3m.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4384821/normal_603f7e8368418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://privateguardingserviceagainstdanger.site/cours_excel_2007_complet_gratuitqzsbw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://9c43cb74-45e3-47de-9527-fda2e8336169.filesusr.com/ugd/af0aa9_315c5f8af3444910889d5edbae32a8f2.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://0df22b04-17ae-4e65-9af8-3af4445b4601.filesusr.com/ugd/71fd01_a7a5f32719df4528a07c54c557a1e224.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/c50d2ce5-ed86-4bb9-9bb3-aec48d0ed803/64844766183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/4383f049-e2da-4455-aa17-c8e0e3137b04/fefunoketoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/e1b7081f-138d-4e51-8bb5-ea9c9379662a/graco_pack_and_play_on_the_go_mattress_size.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/205cd0be-c329-4867-a826-fdd7e1d6dac8/venepatamejona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f0e4b890-56eb-4321-b120-adf4d958fd2f/mitsubishi_mr_slim_heat_mode.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_off000107c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C9 5316 bytes
SHA-256: 21610a8871bbdbf8bf335febcc939c17456b15f8d5d22e687f38c570b4964673
font_01_sfnt_off000119cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119CF 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 276095b04dca9c9df55fcdaa4c48bcec316918bc76aaab939942d955a83fb77b