Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ecb8cddd8b70b82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-09 15:42:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 409e20d7774fb0494bb4d36e146360b3 SHA-1: b0b01e01a9ff10f83ca8a73bd28e8454595deb50 SHA-256: 9ecb8cddd8b70b82a4776f3d857b0fbcb1dd75069314e89701a463028494a960
202 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 hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to improve search engine rankings or distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing lure, potentially leading to the download of further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://synerhu.ru/pbw?utm_term=icse+grammar+exercises+with+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4503987/normal_5fd5f8ca791be.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4482230/normal_5feb77e2c368c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4491933/normal_605a3c4419265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gavaxavudo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134581950/4910216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4366350/normal_5fdc79ac9301d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4419820/normal_5feb0e0b37927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kojiwoxoposegig.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/1/134108885/fisokatubekorisuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wugavebanolija.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/7/5/137500500/sitefir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static-d.com/uploads/4423750/normal_60b4decfca117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasexonepagi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969542/fomegesinatumet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4369796/normal_6038c6292f526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://xegosigex.pbworks.com/f/nvidia_geforce_8400m_gt_drivers_for_windows_10.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kevuxezedila.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144470889/honda_cb_750_f_workshop_manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasovuxosew.pbworks.com/f/oxford_picture_dictionary_workbook.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/a99826f6-0a1b-4042-afc3-c4d9ae80018b/lokizorem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/622fe7f0-8124-4880-8d4b-c0941b711186/ziluxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/cf300dc0-acd1-48ed-8f9a-fb6e48604452/wipovivubivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giwupiraride.pbworks.com/f/when_to_use_failure_mode_and_effects_analysis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/7ef1f876-6a62-4408-a8fa-6e0b4a554046/2006_honda_rancher_350_carburetor_hose_diagram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/2b069ab5-e8d7-423b-a398-04f3320c49c9/i_want_to_read_48_laws_of_power.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/6408d0bd-09bc-40a0-a295-370384a410aa/72265494485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/a6c39dc1-0e9d-4b31-8e1d-02483611a727/the_hundred_thousand_kingdoms_review.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sikovifif.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144476835/mapamundi_con_los_tropicos_de_cancer_y_capricornio.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/a5691eca-3f24-4733-af1f-191926d09044/58405628769.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_off00010e02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E02 5636 bytes
SHA-256: cff54d8dde1e787af7c92a394a67802fcb60c007bc813e26839a790b6781d378
font_01_sfnt_off0001211d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211D 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 3904cae9cbf16c8be1e04dc7d84305344c2c446d8c38401b843b6c6cf33d9864