Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64cb6b0aed344bce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.3 KB Created: 2021-04-26 00:22:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 194b3e78329ac02859a321b218a5935e SHA-1: da762e8578619600c84dbcd39f032076272474ac SHA-256: 64cb6b0aed344bcef58818ef1474e510473fa01f59c5d9b102a6c0daec431ec7
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external links, with one prominent URL pointing to 'vilenefex.ru' and a query parameter suggesting a lure for 'techstream activation code'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to the authoring application and creation date, but the primary malicious indicators are the embedded URLs and the high-risk heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://vilenefex.ru/strik?utm_term=techstream+activation+code PDF link annotation
    • https://fofupapezu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134356394/divinivata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/nowavutu/TjjWic6/whatsapp_messenger_free_download_for_pc_latest_version.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubexanow.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135346757/1880530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xabomitutopimo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/9/135961599/robap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxiduwanati.mygamesonline.org/free_merge_mac_os_x.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevakigev.medianewsonline.com/beginner_new_headway.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/datawafag/8ggPahj/snake_and_ladder_game_rules_in_telugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/doginifa/higjOgi/64221515217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/wovegorarev/ZBgfvLg/8_ball_pool_hack_app_iphone.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/e8fc03ae-c310-4393-9223-0daed6941ea8/criminal_justice_behind_closed_doors_story_explained.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/59518e6e-06f6-4e28-8c26-79467c379c70/speak_book_summary_third_marking_period.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rivenoke.onlinewebshop.net/awaken_the_giant_within_review.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7a69a04d-b0b3-478e-a927-895b34d3dd44.filesusr.com/ugd/159848_c5b86ad219a24109a0da8dad8bc1b143.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/vexosafugunu/kiwuguxozikipefimifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/gudukupir/bombay_high_court_cause_list.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b4c9e208-3da0-4b6f-80c8-8d13a1a9b28f/how_to_learn_algebra_1_step_by_step.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://907864b8-ab38-4b43-b195-7646ee37c451.filesusr.com/ugd/c4b402_938152ac600149319a396c14e9100328.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/96f45475-52fe-4c0a-8d11-9aadda271674/charbroil_grill_brazilian_steakhouse_prices.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/mojivikapeti/nebifosevovajuzosopig.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
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014e50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E50 4168 bytes
SHA-256: ac792bfd60436a9a015bc412dc2b39f7b1ae1c7bd11b420c73d0695bb293e650
font_01_sfnt_off00015d27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D27 5156 bytes
SHA-256: bebe1ef5e49ab94c58fd7399a1ed3fbcc6b0a1939f804fdaead1837e682d6f64
font_02_sfnt_off00016e89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E89 11980 bytes
SHA-256: 386be79e57eb08058bd92cff248cac69c69612d23290601c5b07e5953de8908f
font_03_sfnt_off0001976b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1976B 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 532315dfdc59b350d447ad91845dd8cc72a836e684f536ab9a4305dc5b53fb8e