Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a211f02f4ff11212…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.2 KB Created: 2021-03-22 12:02:24 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 171ea4e81269521f3d15f544a5d43ad7 SHA-1: 58a98d2260f6a939a4021af17033d094b5b2786f SHA-256: a211f02f4ff11212e53424c67ef2c49d7973de5d0d7114dd73088825778bbbf8
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, with at least one pointing to a suspicious domain ('resalured.ru') that appears to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'wkhtmltopdf' and 'Qt', suggesting it might be a crafted document rather than a legitimate one. The presence of multiple unknown URLs indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8600

Heuristics 4

  • 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 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://resalured.ru/strik?utm_term=radio+shack+mpa-250b+specs
    • http://eglo.club/harry_potter_movies_in_hindi_free_dotceup.pdf
    • http://pasipodo.mypressonline.com/25115281806.pdf
    • http://lofitner.buzz/7734291091t31mz.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/mujejadalale/igbHihE/peppa_pig_hotel_deals.pdf
    • http://ionatr.space/84181574467m1b42.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/lijusute/zjjurZ5/fepevaxitovolepal.pdf
    • http://jufanurozud.getenjoyment.net/assessment_evaluation_measurement_and_testing.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://b9264059-5ce6-458a-812b-58b21e0c51d1.filesusr.com/ugd/9a3dc1_e34446b284884c5a8a91b7f04c2d9c6b.pdf?index=true
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/wujixus/examples_of_total_coliform_bacteria.pdf
    • http://perexuwofogefo.onlinewebshop.net/33228023843.pdf
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/kozibowisenatu/32211819184.pdf
    • https://f730d15c-1921-46d2-b6d4-288333e40990.filesusr.com/ugd/e2c223_591480c0d3d24fc5ba9b5b36128ae512.pdf?index=true
    • https://44f39d5c-a655-4437-91b6-62b11e148e71.filesusr.com/ugd/eb4c03_4dee797f93984894919de0e4c99f87d4.pdf?index=true
    • http://sodowurivav.onlinewebshop.net/oxford_advanced_learners_dictionary_of_current_english.pdf
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/jedadokuti/scag_tiger_cub_manual.pdf
    • https://05f6fcc2-a4c7-4d5b-b58c-97b640a93f4d.filesusr.com/ugd/74147a_3a1b1bad6e7f4ffcb565073130d0b766.pdf?index=true
    • https://203e60c5-e32a-4587-ab6d-31d66de6d5b9.filesusr.com/ugd/014c36_9429458399844a2fa314a84fd4235403.pdf?index=true
    • https://ed59cdd8-0d75-4634-8bb2-7afdb9da103e.filesusr.com/ugd/9cb112_07c9709ee74d4ca2a03c459740df98be.pdf?index=true
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cc9d.bin
80fc78572b4d660d5cae481282f710653095b09eb9a5df79365d27b3b09f3b72
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC9D 5824 bytes