Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7c17d2715c4ed3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-03-29 15:36:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b5f9aacdaf4615a075184c713008f3f0 SHA-1: eda90f840f77081780a479d2aa94352fbf0d4299 SHA-256: c7c17d2715c4ed3f845267828f44b1f84bca4a82561cf486d0652a151321658c
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded URLs, with one specifically identified as a known malicious redirector. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure and embedded links suggest it is part of a phishing campaign, likely attempting to lure users to malicious sites for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://crophysi.ru/award?keyword=les+accord+en+francais+pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4417807/normal_5fe91bd857920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4482403/normal_600af31fece62.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4411931/normal_604cc8c3b0db7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4366668/normal_601ed2ede156b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4415291/normal_600fb61873527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarepoxorak.22web.org/mitesifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4461481/normal_5fc8116160ad8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4369779/normal_6060f3d7741de.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilabugova.iblogger.org/dr_denim_dixy_size_guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4376610/normal_5fcb0f5b18865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jijufopofe.iblogger.org/sewaruzajubipipawodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://lejufoxulevef.epizy.com/netiwoviwomewerojimazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/juduk/itinerary_template_for_family_reunion.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fepirag.epizy.com/10886765585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/gofilafixu/metformin_500_mg_tablet_leg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/wesezuzuvalirik/givafepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/eef16003-bd8e-4c19-b0df-af920967e88c/lebedejewojugukatovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foweroboxufafuv.epizy.com/23292394048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/jodabiladezot/the_ugly_truth_full_movie_coolmoviez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daparetefofan.epizy.com/zowapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f91b19cc-e646-4b81-8993-0f7ffc253ed6/29957700659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/ac3769ba-03d4-4745-b8a9-ff9ab8e01da3/conventions_of_drama_genre.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/06788f11-fece-4210-92f9-14c78827b0d8/why_do_esters_smell_stronger_in_water.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/758649af-c293-441d-85f9-b9e85d41ff87/92071976261.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_off0000e064.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE064 5056 bytes
SHA-256: cfcec23a3619bf921443c662fdb3bae1a5c11c3fa4572db24e148c02b406c01b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1AD 12064 bytes
SHA-256: 4c4625d612e30a2473a9a851cd282a304b72b09fcc4a3a94c235472f171a4aaa