Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d518e3b2762b5c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-03-23 21:06:41 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 1776b103db320f482a50e9c3688f2b5d SHA-1: 0a8cf85f651e62f5b110fa7bb51419c922c6190b SHA-256: 8d518e3b2762b5c239cb90fc4a20badc83b604932061f80d34c9d897a4c5b311
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a high-severity heuristic indicating it's a lure for free downloads, redirecting to the URL https://jacksth.ru/aws?utm_term=what+is+sat+essay+subscore. This URL is flagged as unknown reputation. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The document body is heavily obfuscated and truncated, but the presence of embedded URLs and the overall detection suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8294

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://jacksth.ru/aws?utm_term=what+is+sat+essay+subscore PDF link annotation
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4365606/normal_5fee69ad19b98.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/juvekuvop/Q511hhr/dynasty_season_6_episode_guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dopadogexegox.22web.org/writing_advice_for_beginners.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/wosepimi/tL1FYjg/11204657651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4374372/normal_60233c70af4cf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesenimul.22web.org/35902457667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/nemisova/Ozhjgc0/android_tv_box_himedia_a5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4476127/normal_5fd742e62beec.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/fupokiwil/hjiexgh/tcc_administrao_de_empresas.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/mejobu/amazon_alexa_app_for_ios.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://07e0a16e-b77d-475b-b724-88bbaedb347c.filesusr.com/ugd/8e9e2f_20ea22e3bfbd405bb9afd7e1dd4a04be.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/regufojalojaza/96301899038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/votuweroxigezog/74756083749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/retisovojor/limiting_reactant_and_percent_yield_lab_report.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/dotivaf/wuzokorasutugeden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafonariki.rf.gd/91052731200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunetelezosamat.epizy.com/radio_shack_big_button_remote_control_15-310_code_list.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/difigomisosak/domain_and_range_worksheet_kuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zagapaxa/basic_yoga_postures.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cb6d8354-940b-4e05-9f1d-0150973ab277.filesusr.com/ugd/882da0_3c1da891933a4258b149fc41d9902945.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF965 5108 bytes
SHA-256: 0408e04a18080e2cdfd5863ad8c2d37178fffa6a8b3297a4b3479a4eef28d482