Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95c5965c5ba756e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-03-15 15:01:05 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: f9387e0be05ca8afdb14922593b6e68f SHA-1: 1b32aed392ea5fb1c9224e563dd04cc7958f5320 SHA-256: 95c5965c5ba756e6676454429bcee84a545ef0b3a2946e2706ef66552fe20f0b
206 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malicious content distribution scheme, indicated by a high ML classifier score and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting services, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content or phishing sites. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains keywords related to 'phonics vocabulary pdf' and references to the wkhtmltopdf tool, which could be a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • 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://seumenha.ru/award?keyword=phonics+vocabulary+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://subamepowesita.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134875458/975502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wopinifem.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134884590/kowavenufatox-jimixufitid-sexuxafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defelidiko.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070982/zefatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/turanexode/ig1p5Ws/52493787257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilasumoleliwu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131414134/c2e8373d60.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/rekutadis/hehdhbH/adventure_escape_space_crisis_chapter_4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4367622/normal_603ba875e5bad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/munemuzabuk/bihjjXv/levawubodusipurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balixilime.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398392/tusurevuzudaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/xuxumududu/hbjhdhd/guraxeteguwalufokoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4451049/normal_602a46bf2145c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/pogezasamu/dphh02B/dafidetuxubedonevobukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misamizejip.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134348089/fipijopujukofemiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://welomutulek.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134873792/valezimaxaw-rejoxometa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sesuwulot.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438847/wapamewavuvug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4449395/normal_604dd67ea750a.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/nazekisigiduz/poe_betrayal_reddit_guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/poresi/56960885897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f72e0e13-a873-49c5-9cb5-3c2848b8c5b2.filesusr.com/ugd/f8ba4b_ac87ce5a525f411bb18829b45e3d0aed.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://d09251a9-b09e-4077-8ccb-24037f005f7b.filesusr.com/ugd/a6ce17_911fb01268374224aaab5207c0860fb0.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://34e51215-b586-4e01-b3ea-a219475a7b91.filesusr.com/ugd/46481b_5983218db5ce4ac182fa008aab86ed49.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanatul/remington_1187_20_gauge_tactical_stock.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/garorowa/histology_guide_kidney.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f421159b-d329-41e8-bc42-072bc93e4c50.filesusr.com/ugd/65d6f7_5f27fe964a5140f2a16aa7995e40f45d.pdf?index=trueIn 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_off0000f306.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF306 5548 bytes
SHA-256: 3ffcfa1af072e1e3f6adb7d17960e1c872888fa45dd2e54c19cf3e3a41684784
font_01_sfnt_off000105e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E7 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 37a0a17af4d47dbef95862f1c53d15a7adc90c9dab8037bfa0ce5e8fdad49081