Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79d6454bfd8eb0b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-03-16 12:58:10 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-20
MD5: c81388cc8ef6e9f49aa5d57d2900723e SHA-1: ce05b9f98f74bed7c9ffd49fa9fb1cc9d8de7da2 SHA-256: 79d6454bfd8eb0b7e54b61e774b8ceaf6535cc1100fda0d20aaacdd71fab18ac
266 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting, and one specifically flagged as a suspicious lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of 'cmd.pdf' and related URLs suggests an attempt to execute commands or download further payloads, aligning with common PDF-based exploitation techniques.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Image-heavy PDF with invisible link to suspicious domain high PDF_SUSPICIOUS_LINK_LURE
    PDF is a small image-heavy lure with invisible link annotations that send the user to a suspicious high-risk-domain URI. This matches credential-phishing carriers where the visible document is only a prompt and the real collection flow happens on the linked website.
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://vilenefex.ru/wb?keyword=las%20cr%C3%B3nicas%20de%20narnia%204%20pel%C3%ADcula%20completa%20en%20espa%C3%B1ol PDF link annotation
    • https://kitomejefu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/1/134108571/cabcc22cf138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handler-autoscout24.com/fun_free_race_car_gameser6i5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securityofusersdevicesonline.site/supplier_disengagement_plan_templatese5pd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xozipirun.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135324749/aed187481215ee0.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://wisecreditscore.info/park_cardiologia_pediatricawsvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roman-holidays.shop/zojogunik6dg8q.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1c684d3d-b1aa-4d58-8f8e-408f9cf37fac.filesusIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://1afae0f6-9e35-4dc9-9db7-5dbf78511926.filesusr.com/ugd/afe78f_cc6a4556e1da43dc9111d1034d4ec28f.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://6a1e2a5f-c456-4288-b9d5-5378f87870fb.filesusr.com/ugd/076fac_aa9e7ef8ea3a4d86a4fd703a7f577ce4.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zibenoroduzuw/jibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://16012499-1299-48b0-8cdd-5f23a7749958.filesusr.com/ugd/fafc38_99d44366283647179a95a1148646ad70.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/tipikaxe/67538564911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f9c81679-ddb1-4746-ab40-32673edc426c.filesusr.com/ugd/2eff39_1601a3fa731649ab8c7cd92038bfca24.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/dc697e61-90ff-4f84-ad06-1ef379151634/how_to_echo_new_line_in_cmd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1c684d3d-b1aa-4d58-8f8e-408f9cf37fac.filesusr.com/ugd/64d889_fbe9e651fdfc4a6c8be2b615b60bc888.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/a9004bac-67ea-4e93-852f-1170f05dfbfc/how_to_draw_a_human_body_for_beginners.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/niwotipugonuvoz/nespresso_vertuoline_coffee_best_seller_assortment_30_capsules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2a07c75e-e898-48ba-b326-4cccc82d0599.filesusr.com/ugd/ff154e_dc7f461aadf14d07813afd78dfaec6d9.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/e873e0e9-e7b4-4147-ae87-d596f0af1d66/m_audio_keystation_88es_without_computer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ba428ff1-d53d-4eb5-bdb2-cc960067f420.filesusr.com/ugd/7041e4_c9c79ca4b4bb462ba78f02a07e5e77fb.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://d8acad56-eb9a-42d1-a06c-a695c5b02328.filesusr.com/ugd/0ad6c7_1de4b9350887443c8565275b87284a9f.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/lanubili/this_is_us_series_3_episode_guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/15f5ae9f-0fb9-49e7-81a7-25c58bd97c03/lg_oled_55eg9100_review.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/dde6763e-3513-4bdb-8c25-b37717c5cccd/craig_bluetooth_tower_speaker_manual_cht884.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
    • https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/In PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/In PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmlIn 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eace.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEACE 6744 bytes
SHA-256: 0eac1552a6a0cc8d6d43e14f5c157d052ff2bf21460314f67a2c213e0a454e63
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB84 2952 bytes
SHA-256: d8b907802410e675ceca2784509e58a9dae2947c1b2ad43e3e0c02687eabed47
font_02_sfnt_off00010612.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10612 5652 bytes
SHA-256: 029efa147fe808b778b180a9ff3f79aed983b374cf78f32cd1f7e6b54cb1c6be
font_03_sfnt_off000118b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B3 12592 bytes
SHA-256: 524c512992767bd41b75e9cac66d07712bffbd2b08aeab3fc41e2c1e96518793
font_04_sfnt_off00014173.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14173 16036 bytes
SHA-256: 354dce64f07f3d7acdf6a04edf763950ffbfec4edcbb4bfe17b65a83544077bb