Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aad75948d033f0f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-03-16 13:15:45 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 5e42a2538d238b9bf1596e8cdac5ff14 SHA-1: 54603a67c6408eef3f8124517b1fa13bc8d4e0aa SHA-256: aad75948d033f0f732cea3025b8a8f8322d1d116863a74d7c8b080af3ee0477b
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, a common tactic for SEO poisoning or phishing campaigns. One prominent URL, 'https://maypoin.ru/award?keyword=3+branches+of+government+worksheet+pdf', is flagged as suspicious. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of external links, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9104

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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://maypoin.ru/award?keyword=3+branches+of+government+worksheet+pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/liripudeb/dLZErm4/51099727793.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/kasesiseb/sCatthh/doxidenasase.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/gojikanemiju/CcjMdji/bofigowuriz.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/fidapulano/UifhaAZ/yeti_hunting_monster_survival_game_3ds.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4368494/normal_602ca81d04eb5.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/bapisolel/f6Zx1ii/3672563247.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4418777/normal_6011f414f0ec9.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4378164/normal_602895d3bdf0e.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4496571/normal_601aa416da17f.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/xorilulog/higqHje/pador.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/986f247b-c0ec-40bb-8103-c69d96292433/dokiniroveselakopamiwol.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/cd48b6c2-7f84-4a4c-96eb-e56d443c802e/91672627121.pdf
    • https://af1bea64-f5cd-41c2-a7c1-97f21c1aa057.filesusr.com/ugd/592671_1ecf85e652fc4671bf3c415b02ed9db7.pdf?index=true
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/897dff29-87fb-463a-858b-9ecf286e1208/honda_ruckus_service_manual.pdf
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zerepuzuze/the_bent_twig_isaiah_berlin.pdf
    • https://3c4962d9-41f7-4f14-8396-dad57cc8de20.filesusr.com/ugd/a2de88_9c966b26f9624d5c9522af1febfb779b.pdf?index=true
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/ac5fae8b-8629-4a20-bbc7-27c35360a8c3/how_to_pronounce_latin_word_gratia.pdf
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/widiku/ubiquiti_picostation_m2_default_password.pdf
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/rizijubovapuk/safowamokarefizada.pdf
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fa9b.bin
49460719744f833ef51136df38cb3fc69d7873e1615960bffed5af27ec5e7dd2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA9B 5700 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010dcb.bin
be60f36db0d6e91ad29bd8f5c51ff18e361b396191b33a5dd7730be7821896f5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DCB 11276 bytes