Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a12599efd15c40e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.0 KB Created: 2020-12-02 08:13:52 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 9970139f413a8b5b84afa46fcb18e71c SHA-1: c7566772399872da032bda8726fd92ad0446c0a3 SHA-256: a12599efd15c40e44bdf42ebcbafe76c9687ca04f9d53cc2fccdda0d610192d9
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing an embedded URL that directs to a suspicious domain, identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to contain keywords related to Arkansas driver control, suggesting a phishing or scam lure. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of an external URI and the overall classification indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9557

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://traffking.ru/strik?utm_term=arkansas+driver+control+hot+springs
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4371787/normal_5f888add3ba65.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4403531/normal_5fa5c7d0051c6.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4417805/normal_5f95e3983ef2c.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4412388/normal_5f99b6022e2b2.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4384480/normal_5f8d70e2a006f.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4387573/normal_5f96bcc6b0c6c.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4486061/normal_5fbdf9f51caf6.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4409098/normal_5fa7ea819b608.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4366633/normal_5fad9de010ed1.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fc0e727ea4a794d5645064f/t/5fc176f261e25426e16f7fbf/1606514424943/limitless_movie_download_in_hindi_mp4moviez.pdf
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/febopa/79427160701.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/01e432ee-a61f-40bc-a7af-29e391b579ed/59330817865.pdf
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e58a.bin
11b1f0c5bbab283a54448040efd210fe68ef304237d9e14efe1411cebd83b694
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE58A 5236 bytes