Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92952a93d7ccf654…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-06-13 14:01:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 9af12671090acb5bfe61009cf0046dd1 SHA-1: a571b433f509f68aec693f89b46f9deb472dcaa3 SHA-256: 92952a93d7ccf6541cf122e9c9687e8828c61aaee3ce5672109763b64e93f722
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many pointing to other PDFs, which is indicative of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are common in phishing campaigns aiming to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8906

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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://wastran.ru/pbw?utm_term=solving+systems+of+differential+equations+with+laplace+transform+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4426063/normal_606e67ef430f2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4410433/normal_6029f2fc4c2df.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4481828/normal_601c73156aed8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4465694/normal_603051f2a9c5e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kibujedazem.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135347543/zimodenoxopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4471969/normal_5fe5d9ef9a8bf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4412183/normal_60479207d4dff.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4465024/normal_60bd467765ed8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4393362/normal_60521e53d5dd7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4482216/normal_60595128681a0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vezafowifav.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637603/lewagisofi-zajivuwitas-bezokex-joponezofolonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/8fea5d96-3aa6-4cb0-99f8-119273c3baf3/40550462487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/e491d6d0-4662-499e-8cc8-77fdbe489880/63734090912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medodadepud.pbworks.com/f/vpn_proxy_master_premium_cracked_apk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/2448895b-86d2-4ef5-af20-135a1ef34bf4/lijoxivuzatabugejowimuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ralogotuxa.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/145149450/inequalities_practice_worksheet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/fa89eaf2-96f2-4ee4-ab2c-c55f4d8b324f/sta-rite_pump_parts_diagram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numefen.pbworks.com/f/coaxial_cable_wireless_extender.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/be6fa2f5-9633-417d-ae40-f1e571eda3da/acurite_digital_weather_thermometer_indoor_outdoor_wireless.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/5e0473fb-47b8-4eca-9b5e-35cf1a26a59e/67614150389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f39d5e2e-7ff0-48ff-b345-d5e230bbb92b/how_to_use_hamilton_beach_2_way_coffee_maker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/0394b5ae-dbeb-4cc2-b984-79d3d361afb4/wijozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/4f2150d4-6a3a-471d-8517-05c205f04be1/23866764551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/3df2ca85-aa03-4a16-a55f-413f83c56e3b/17441886532.pdfIn 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_off0001556e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1556E 6052 bytes
SHA-256: a3a1b0060a5d9080e95b37f5340eb83bd38d1a2405ec90ac8535428738196b37