Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3d414117eb8e715…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-06-10 22:41:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 60fecc6b5f3200e7ac157bf0770331e8 SHA-1: ab0c73bd141e007b27a317058730d6db05c40c39 SHA-256: d3d414117eb8e715d2ad0a3239340216c5f89027acaba22960f574ce79914e3a
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, with one prominent URL pointing to a service that converts PDF files, suggesting a lure for users seeking file manipulation. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of links on disposable hosting, further supporting a malicious intent to direct users to potentially harmful sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/pbw?utm_term=convert+pdf+files+to+one+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4466161/normal_5fcc76a6d7623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4427293/normal_60348f5252a95.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4372085/normal_60081d0c9b764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4490251/normal_605c344f5b034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4491927/normal_60676f29946f3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://wuvefetefi.pbworks.com/f/be_more_chill_script.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pojaweku.pbworks.com/f/how_to_become_a_forensic_medical_examiner_in_india.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulixojesu.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144488532/is_there_a_filter_on_the_whirlpool_cabrio_washer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazupamufode.pbworks.com/f/the_visit_play_characters.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luwivaj.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144513234/acer_aspire_e11_touchpad_driver_windows_7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sezipakupuw.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144979302/status_happy_birthday_status.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deduxofevit.pbworks.com/f/adobe_photoshop_cs6_latest_version_free_download_for_windows_8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tisowowuduwe.pbworks.com/f/wolfteam_bedava_nakit_ekme_2019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buvavipoluvu.pbworks.com/f/how_to_write_an_email_requesting_job_shadowing.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/37210002-d4e8-4dad-a1bb-2b2387d2b14b/56775990543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nafidob.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144602301/thirteen_2003_full_movie_watch_online_free.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/049b053e-e592-41a3-89db-0e8e48bc6969/pijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/a126ee5c-4c96-406b-a445-e9942750e2f0/list_of_fallen_order_characters.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/16ea4454-8fd7-43e0-b30d-64c5c3ff8c1a/what_kind_of_salad_dressing_does_arbys_have.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebenuziwi.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144837921/system_of_linear_and_quadratic_equations_worksheet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukafag.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144564951/tajweed_rules_part_2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/83d7af0b-9a93-483b-9920-ede7fc34adf3/97101641651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/3fb91e9c-0c71-443f-98ef-46898f66040f/wunosulof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pukagij.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144870525/ejercicios_de_comprension_lectora_tercer_grado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/eda2dde6-160d-4482-962d-e1b2e7d269f2/how_does_robinhood_calculate_dividend_yield.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_off0000e8b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B2 4792 bytes
SHA-256: faabaee709a532df1b3b20f90337b0a1300013f7390f5f6c1bfe20a5d3736f88
font_01_sfnt_off0000f916.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF916 11012 bytes
SHA-256: db2ec11c5a21939d268e4f7d69a413d241d0e39534ebade7577a16589190b8fa