Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab2c885a64d26cfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.6 KB Created: 2021-03-19 16:31:47 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: b1dd8b1720fe08f4a0518ae1bd258faa SHA-1: 979d6e2c795d4abfd4cf4a03447b9455791f93cf SHA-256: ab2c885a64d26cfbf950b1cc660b33d92de76e783b44ca88d431c43f8070a4ba
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which are obfuscated or lead to link farms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic firing and numerous embedded URLs strongly suggests the document's purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristics point towards a malicious intent to exploit users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://mezovuduw.ru/aws?utm_term=chartered+financial+analyst+jobs+in+india
    • https://megudetezibiso.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969982/2883639.pdf
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4501029/normal_5ff600c8e51ed.pdf
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4465702/normal_5ff6313ac79e7.pdf
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4482191/normal_5ffb70c582e9d.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/libibajuzumu/bicM4jc/28137781172.pdf
    • https://bitujidup.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134598072/ef09fb71def7.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/jefapukawore/b49gdif/73796431634.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/baruduwege/qjash6C/lost_island_blast_adventure_mod_apk_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/tororukiwuri/hghcQgd/monument_valley_weather_september.pdf
    • https://xemalijojododud.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969235/vufakadudofodi.pdf
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4466367/normal_5fe594cfcfc2c.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/xixujipum/cigtEhi/descargar_aplicacion_recarguita.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/puburikob/yhgsYPZ/dragon_shooter_games_download.pdf
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4368964/normal_5ff9ac512aacf.pdf
    • https://sabovewedasujak.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134493104/19549bc.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4380863/normal_5fd2053ed4466.pdf
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/rosubeno/FjjZT38/nintendo_snes_mini_controller_extension.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/ac822a7e-0560-4275-af0c-fe11e629e71d/41083390820.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/84fd42e2-55e9-4be2-96f4-8d50b32307cd/georgia_tech_online_masters_data_science_cost.pdf
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/a3835a0b-514e-4dc6-aee4-7f108bacfca1/12096300141.pdf
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f262.bin
05e10eba1354ce7b119550dac629b48268fe1edfe0e087f05a7c94c203264dee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF262 5332 bytes