Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9fed71a80f93528…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-03-16 07:40:02 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-13
MD5: 939ce475058b19850d45e747a2442822 SHA-1: f335e8aa494c5db1ded11449edbc8deeb8821c82 SHA-256: b9fed71a80f9352898d9c065846643c9df02f154831d46295a714afde1bdf7fa
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, with at least one pointing to a disposable hosting service and using UTM parameters, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the PDF is part of a link farm designed for SEO manipulation or traffic redirection. The presence of a 'download button' lure, though low-signal on its own, reinforces the malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nipisod.ru/123?utm_term=fsca+compliance+report+2019 PDF link annotation
    • http://popubim.iblogger.org/42574741589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vutazumadik.iblogger.org/fifa_10_android_apk_data.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/jalixuwefes/kLTP6ge/vilunifosese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gadudomarun.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/7/134705140/bunaboburivalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/pigujoxexate/jhjkngd/king_s_raid_coupon_registration.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voruxajalo.iblogger.org/bike_sale_agreement_format.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodamoz.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131452818/851bcdb8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bagerukuvimi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132815916/zuxux-wezot-tumodotexabo-nugizezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumeravovavupol.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134619367/2481419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/peposusuwi/ipg98hj/24958496474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/neseleko/jceZljc/hoverboard_ultra_racer_avis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pafajarofotixo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/7/134773208/02573944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puzejiwitamino.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453698/70022efc09.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piximemob.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134371032/xuvovarula-tagesitiwuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerijoba.iblogger.org/cisco_ccie_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baneboveboxov.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775782/6acf2901da5c9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/da626ce2-12f6-4dda-98dd-5d504e30d511/kumadijup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senakebuna.epizy.com/27456230281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xakafof.rf.gd/eu4_institutions_guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/e66dd0eb-7fc4-44d2-b44d-b61a2bc388d4/bodyweight_workout_plan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/c0a2a5f4-7459-43f4-9350-71a8983b13ac/71431154860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jutuvilulador.epizy.com/the_giver_final_test_multiple_choice_answers.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/ebc55f28-ce73-4858-8397-806d9faca3d3/basogoxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f9a36fdb-669d-4bd2-a180-a6280609c82a/english_phonetics_and_phonology_an_introduction_philip_carr.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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cf49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF49 5516 bytes
SHA-256: 32ce185750dc7ec3644e3e591029d74789f3bc8d36cef3e65a767173b278011b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1F6 10004 bytes
SHA-256: 46457f8338a2d3705ae2cd5977c49c9675a15af5861dc21b99f0d9691aa72cb3