Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d8679741032b887…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-03-18 13:44:59 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-02
MD5: 70e0fff0a13890cfd55529e7df346786 SHA-1: 59f9fdb4a432b6cf54909dc1c99f10dbe3aeff0c SHA-256: 8d8679741032b8876ba413c40f9140b1625d9c105f5ecea28786c6923c2eff61
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' suggest potential for executing commands or redirecting to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://kuzutuzo.ru/award?keyword=pathophysiology+of+atherosclerosis+plaque+progression+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://valexipeval.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775413/zomajebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/dodagirojep/UHAqjb5/papevuzujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mewuvonemifutu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135394867/wosadoxawojifilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/puxolika/ifqaDXE/bowling_springfield_ma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dumimejotuwanas.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/9/135957909/649c5b31e15.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/fexiseme/hKhbhaw/crazy_for_speed_unlimited_coins_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xagajopudulu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134697977/51985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/nezusoxe/ghXgeOH/free_online_computer_courses_for_middle_school_students.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jenejipita.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134473981/2cde9f8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://javebamugizal.66ghz.com/vewibawozade.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://xizazufes.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134600205/todatodif-repiwaxuwez-kipasaralijawi-mitalolaneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/niserutom/hba29gh/6712241864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rogebupapopax.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739826/milibodanasobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/jivomawufem/hgLifbl/33582182657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tokemenar.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134337898/fanudijadago_nitefepero_zilitose_losojofuvidoxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/texonatuzi/CT1ijKP/mavugokujafenexexuvimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jenejipita.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134473In macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fujexadegog.rf.gd/asus_p8z68-v_pro_gen3_bios_settings.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sedegavokoxuk.epizy.com/warhammer_40k_eldar_codex_8th_edition.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zorogeloma.epizy.com/90383964321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://punumakiwibase.rf.gd/how_to_repair_registry_using_cmd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pagikojezokatu.rf.gd/21471653036.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://pidosowot.epizy.com/arqueologia_prohibida_libro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovuzop.epizy.com/bootstrap_form_input_style.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bovubodomumid.epizy.com/sozotusuzokufuged.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_off0000fd86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD86 5648 bytes
SHA-256: a1bfe16d43de36988857c634d0a4e4dc56fcaeb9f0333d1771468bda581980a9
font_01_sfnt_off000110b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B8 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 417e67ccb1ea6bbb28879bed44d79dfbcb1f3c7e4b51c29458e4effda06f177e