Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77d27af933efd2c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-03-17 17:23:13 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-13
MD5: e301b91d722d379a6aec14571540bde0 SHA-1: 09007cc47b3bfca24353fe0b36e375a610a590c4 SHA-256: 77d27af933efd2c16a07b90405421298a177e65ee20e192a5d0d28bb4c351283
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including random and SEO-optimized URLs pointing to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to 'learning guitar book pdf', which is then linked to external URLs designed to download further payloads.

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
  • 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://lozipotod.ru/award?keyword=learning+guitar+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/xeposetuge/SjbLgfI/vudovijuxowuluviwofobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/fezavomol/bjbrGjb/gas_prices_tomorrow_today_nb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/rozamulev/jgjg6lP/bricks_ball_crusher_pc_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinekartiadesi.com/valexebesewinaruraturofuvfbpui.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airet.space/73597076148mmuic.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titanovyi-filtr.ru/neverending_story_song_movielvmfi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twitter-center.com/best_android_phone_2019_to_buycq1hu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copyrighthelpbusiness.net/9573233397994oe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabinetsop.xyz/calories_in_dunkin_donuts_small_iced_coffee_with_cream_and_sugarhvlj2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/tunuravaxoxi/iSp4gfE/rowidovetukexifujawem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venira.su/nebisasewemosumovusavuriv6syh.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://useraisins.pro/how_to_reprogram_garage_door_remote_craftsman9cwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samoe-samaya.ru/frigidaire_0.3_cu._ft._6-can_retro_mini_fridge_in_blackc0hrh.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/gagotaniwipure/cantina_76_menu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/0c9d110b-2df4-465f-b9e1-c414c9da5c2a/letter_of_intent_template_to_do_business.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romuwoturifitam.epizy.com/can_i_login_to_my_asus_router_remotely.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/9393839b-3164-4279-a49e-49dddaf66a94/what_is_organizational_citizenship_behavior_definition.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/93396562-3b94-4cb6-9ca5-623949afabbb/6638420171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/verirejon/39126748108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/ef8f7be5-2938-4bcd-89cb-ca8c68c3e884/bagebikisipolumetikibijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/jedadokuti/good_will_hunting_tamil_dubbed_movie.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowetomad.epizy.com/vudenujomuvelexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zumomasugipeno/sobifawali.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_off00010692.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10692 5144 bytes
SHA-256: 47ff8da6cac6a8f4c5d083b433c9c7d6e7329c674f0a405acd53f3326f7739cc
font_01_sfnt_off00011827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11827 10720 bytes
SHA-256: f1818c309f55bce7b6e2a97e6fefffd8b5aff87aa807dd656537dd13bc2699f9