Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4bb12858759e3e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-03-22 00:16:16 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 63747f94d414bbe4b1ca267f7ecdcab9 SHA-1: dd71dca8dac9a3626964d898b0e4dc031524b94a SHA-256: a4bb12858759e3e9b850a46634f5457f0119f4942872ff3269f662dca09911a3
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains. The primary URL, 'https://vilenefex.ru/award?keyword=baf%25C3%25B6g+antrag+studium+pdf', suggests a lure related to academic applications. The presence of multiple PDF links and the use of disposable hosting indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the structure strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
  • 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.
  • 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://vilenefex.ru/award?keyword=baf%25C3%25B6g+antrag+studium+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://diwekapuxejube.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131455019/xinaxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://botasapozav.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131607984/1979444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaxakemokesibit.22web.org/40444597568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nosevale.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132683459/46eadc9bd5f755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosupazalo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134473359/fonosanafizileb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toteganutiv.66ghz.com/35697618813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japamawosoj.mygamesonline.org/94393670737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derigogo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/0/134017063/wegixesodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gopikuximodel.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131384340/pemafezidokowo-bevejigezuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowowesofazov.medianewsonline.com/how_to_make_corn_bags_for_toss_game.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buzoraxuv.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134366179/5503310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sogixusi.medianewsonline.com/what_is_5_3_routing_number.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gijasigekafafuz.iblogger.org/what_is_the_meaning_of_martand_in_marathi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://roxujewov.myartsonline.com/zutimesamuxapigovasenoniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://37bdae34-bb2f-403f-997c-54a7c09d9c06.filesusr.com/ugd/dc98cc_5c999550138e4fd0aaf72abe533b2de5.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • http://lujajali.epizy.com/hanuman_chalisa_song_kannada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mezifaxura.rf.gd/ccleaner_professional_plus_full_crack.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jimavuzeladones.epizy.com/99744345300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://de2a8dfc-dc8d-4d62-be3b-f97abdd17bf6.filesusr.com/ugd/c722c2_6833bc8de972465496413f53a0e1ef47.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • http://xetizeburekikat.rf.gd/50907095754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c2dbac7f-2075-4dc1-ad03-af0d0352bff2.filesusr.com/ugd/278743_67dcefe4bf7a4d2eb9d93f9eccc06a01.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • http://gejamuromina.rf.gd/autumn_leaves_sheet_music_guitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naxutokotegikad.epizy.com/novutojowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumosaneja.onlinewebshop.net/58248072309.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f2fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FA 5516 bytes
SHA-256: 9717011e224199b9c3e947ab70b8411fef1a8368e4c10740d5825aa146640bb0
font_01_sfnt_off00010567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10567 2268 bytes
SHA-256: cadc5f0a81d9e6a4fb32b35a9158a494a8d9caa15323165630cf35261d096584
font_02_sfnt_off00010fc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FC4 12556 bytes
SHA-256: 31f39d511d2dcfc1eb3bc61c756aabe8730dd8299460a6bc9c86a1868a3fad36