Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a64d6be23755b9c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.2 KB Created: 2021-04-02 19:11:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8725dc3383cc537b6e82b7dae2544ec0 SHA-1: bd311ab37aae8758e46aa58d1c838c70c9ce1338 SHA-256: a64d6be23755b9c7cf874657f320d1fa967c84cfec3dc9a6011e09974723b4a8
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to SEO redirectors designed to phish users or distribute malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of external links, and 'PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK' specifically flags a lure for free downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature. Although no scripts were extracted, the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious intent, likely leading to a second-stage download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://mezovuduw.ru/123?utm_term=pediatric+sepsis+guidelines PDF link annotation
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4471960/normal_5fd660dda174e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoom-omsk.ru/campbell_biology_11th_edition_onlinetyslc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://about-central.com/75313527200lulb7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://help-verification.com/reading_comprehension_worksheets_grade_699bww.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4465691/normal_5feafcc4eb885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jepololazatozuj.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134601538/4121226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4460694/normal_6026ac9557217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mifvideo.space/79503456732wrff1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4407986/normal_601855880e873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4449789/normal_601a03a7be064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biripujoj.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135338152/cbca1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levarimabogi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135328943/gezefo_godazuvezak_talesujafuxu_bifupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/e8d99e1e-ff8f-4b06-b691-9b560251501c/wokikadokelewudolabukej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/gofilafixu/john_deere_riding_mower_wont_charge_battery.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/1707063c-d1c0-4e25-a7db-14272d496426/dilinol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zurovajij/bible_trivia_multiple_choice.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/jeduzizonox/is_insignia_fire_tv_good.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/ff59d172-54c8-4f03-9beb-652f3c520924/kozimetowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/gewuwasi/gilifuxafifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/jinotugiwomo/new_bhojpuri_movie_mp4_hd_2018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/paxuvagal/carnales_unidos_reformando_adictos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/wixatax/avid_video_engine_pro_tools_10.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
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001582f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1582F 5016 bytes
SHA-256: f8089d0451f79f0bfce792f0ca2ad45bfbe025aeeb4c6bfbdc8cb92a3debf701
font_01_sfnt_off00016948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16948 11376 bytes
SHA-256: bc2db2e85504160c21e58896fb027dcf578c042bf0b489c1b03ff6683748dbd5
font_02_sfnt_off00019053.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19053 16060 bytes
SHA-256: 5b0d2701ab39d2f69c66d7d16c60d8db0b323aa0832947137e757b5401d27330
font_03_sfnt_off0001a4eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A4EB 4324 bytes
SHA-256: ff5f0ef16caf3e97cd1984b3a03ea88e11eab8cf63d2ee006085a4b9995833f3