Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cde1a6f65ef41a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-03-28 19:43:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: abd4702af37d137d99d7fdcb6992fe2a SHA-1: a400b5301372a5bc8475c7f628dd721eb24eea40 SHA-256: 9cde1a6f65ef41a47ef9260fabe145cb76f6e9e7dc875b9b8c4ca7cfd78a6372
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains numerous links designed to redirect users to external websites, masquerading as legitimate search results. One prominent malicious URL identified is 'https://yafferge.ru/123?utm_term=holt+mcdougal+algebra+2+quiz+answers', which is flagged as a malicious redirector. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with many links pointing to disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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
  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://yafferge.ru/123?utm_term=holt+mcdougal+algebra+2+quiz+answers In PDF document text
    • https://takojozosuliwo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739597/merezoxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dajemegexiri.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134492390/vizesu-jasewavure-rikejojegufo-vumoxoporiloso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rarejiwu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606055/3983279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viwosakizipisot.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135321869/4242128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimuzawoxi.getenjoyment.net/22415068469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saniluje.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134323688/338ecd7cf.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/a2c163aa-2574-4440-b7eb-ef338afc9ee3/88363451640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/ea2b858a-6410-42cf-b936-df596cb5a7aa/30635263844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/fipijife/omron_hj_321_pedometer_reviews.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://82e7f058-9c2a-4352-8e65-a162d98cde11.filesusr.com/ugd/ba3c76_64f6da8e16914cf398f074ba45da1824.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://777dd155-384c-4f1d-a337-8f27b94bb056.filesusr.com/ugd/1ecdae_d05b1b46f95445d4bd3278353b5ff63b.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/jukezeluf/codycross_answers_inventions_group_56.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nopawalaxuwaw.onlinewebshop.net/how_to_connect_your_dish_remote_to_your_samsung_tv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5613ab86-cfe5-4642-b9e1-29ab5e510d76.filesusr.com/ugd/79e000_ec994a0221e045d49b92665b0471f7c7.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://e0ff2378-281a-4ea3-95ae-419c526fdc99.filesusr.com/ugd/0baf77_0f17aca057c548d084ad5cd605f7b6e7.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://2a4c341d-9af7-4f89-b48a-1b926ad6ced7.filesusr.com/ugd/dd6616_4808db9f4ba94375b4ae7956bc3ac0b6.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/95fb539a-095e-4980-8958-756fb0f7be90/3539156379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/74bbc6d2-474c-4297-9746-266c7e71fd4e/james_and_the_giant_peach_rhino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/dagasopones/sunofazixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/060965cb-9b76-4a99-b5d8-ac0d88d8cf24/17781255229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f9164aa9-8083-41cd-969a-2d3a82edd079/saga_dulces_mentiras_amargas_verdades_orden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/xukonakefules/how_to_add_salt_to_waterboss_water_softener.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogomore.myartsonline.com/benign_prostatic_hyperplasia_article.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zagapaxa/33148051553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/517a55ef-a274-4b90-b676-7e088b6c9435/why_was_the_us_constitution_necessary.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_off0000cdad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDAD 5760 bytes
SHA-256: 5f959a5afc022d057c4cb7f6af374af79af3637cab69c175b38a49fd3f795318
font_01_sfnt_off0000e13d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE13D 9992 bytes
SHA-256: 7093d7d1e1a6c5f8c1c4dc40553d69f3b65efe6e8066c4412066785a0f4e5d7e