Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e61fe27733c2a6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB Created: 2021-04-04 18:01:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 153aee0b8e1a643255852cf8a9ab0068 SHA-1: 21528e6ad70ba925e5af71931af643fcd4928c96 SHA-256: 8e61fe27733c2a6a57ed7d252537b49065b8271c747c078be91764a16741227c
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to disposable domains, and is flagged as a link farm. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM specifically identifies this behavior. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://jottigo.ru/award?keyword=avesta+pdf+arabic PDF link annotation
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/sozimelizak/gmSDE0U/shining_force_cd_rpg_classics.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mybatut.store/towunapalojuperijidaven2my9k.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameregeperiwaz.22web.org/17260857720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdsevsvet.ru/oddset_den_lange_programblad0shxr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/xororofomed/iidGgiU/verizon_caller_name_id_text_message.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rankingcoach-seo.com/311075017109the0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/guwodirulik/ZS8hdia/jupuwakemijisipufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/gobavata/hjO0AbB/pumajigamupatinuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/nupepewomaxu/hvt9mgj/lopasosinegofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/gebitasixa/hghzK26/39007982552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/bipobulif/icBgghh/93701704716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/figotabam/M4gidgc/tesabidanigip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/xuvisisitinu/dKgi1TX/77374448416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zidenigad/90369570619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f18fa694-fdbb-49a4-a6d1-5a050f8b7f88/58799530216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/lebaxa/rosetamufutusoxose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kegipufi.rf.gd/canonical_form_matrix_product_states.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/d2e4a137-6e65-446d-b062-f5c22aafcb3c/fewovaboxepebumojabokego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziboporo.epizy.com/how_do_you_know_when_your_newborn_is_done_breastfeeding.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://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off00018689.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x18689 30784 bytes
SHA-256: d7aea8e2999ab3eaeefaf89a917f0dd360623807a668748c6d6c8e449851cff0
font_00_sfnt_off000146e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146E7 4876 bytes
SHA-256: 8f3297d899049c58c65623e508759cdfed51a1e6817b355032c95893024b6743
font_01_sfnt_off0001578d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1578D 15364 bytes
SHA-256: be320aaee96c6eae9091743cc31b5bf272c5521f55677d03ed72d8efb71ae657
font_03_sfnt_off0001bc9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BC9E 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 1158d95dac44631f497756703988ba3645251422e7ff0015d3fca430225e7c3e