Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b366c88dffc4b02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-03-30 14:03:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: fcafb113cc4d209f83d595c12a88ed16 SHA-1: aa700a1123e7acbfb860a5ce9b6191f76bb76bc6 SHA-256: 5b366c88dffc4b02bbe6666010e6fc28789000050aaf1dbb43a6c163e37f533c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to benign-looking documents, but one critical heuristic identified a link farm designed to generate SEO traffic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9607

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://zajinet.ru/award?keyword=novena+arcangel+san+rafael+pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/fumamimed/aJjjibP/gmail_sign_in_android_studio.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/serodozire/ujjhgjd/7217254547.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/tiwoxebu/gORie5g/wilton_cake_decorating_tools_set.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/dasofuduveje/YbHhj12/viridian_arlington_tx_reviews.pdf
    • https://gokaveruziniva.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134580144/872c0.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/kelopifagisu/ghijjhj/steam_tools_mobile_app_not_working.pdf
    • https://desagudag.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134676200/1156540.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/kixagixupo/LIgjjhg/simple_sandbox_mod_apk_1._5._1.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/benanejufa/jgjthad/7430776699.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/narulaloro/yClicU0/546966840.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/wazafanez/0hdidhf/38794110458.pdf
    • https://zokokemakate.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131454090/ec308378724db43.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/gupimupiset/4hgjfAU/bidunirut.pdf
    • https://timitadenemegi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/7/134728598/15fa0b3c499.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://nuxajirurus.epizy.com/2011_toyota_rav4_known_issues.pdf
    • http://rupeguv.epizy.com/game_design_merit_badge_pamphlet.pdf
    • http://vasizofotobobem.rf.gd/51004610526.pdf
    • http://sujotoginejo.rf.gd/aomais_sport_ii_user_manual.pdf
    • http://mejesikiwabez.epizy.com/dragonball_android_19.pdf
    • http://vogokibogewete.epizy.com/how_to_stretch_for_workout.pdf
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec65.bin
8dc4e66d3b1650d832923f88afafea68412954104e79b8fd0e2c8b261df70ba6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC65 5352 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000feba.bin
bf06d4aa650d133ced9e766944e83d701e5270fe210cfb6af3db1d4ec7599a21
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEBA 11536 bytes