Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d54fbae7cb0777ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-03-15 05:24:06 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-07
MD5: 2ca7a09c7468c6b1d375b020d24f2492 SHA-1: b23f6048fc4c2c4fa228a6b39ace2e64b1a38480 SHA-256: d54fbae7cb0777ace77f38e564f11bb3f5200ed5c270501d9ea76ee0c242f796
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a PDF link farm. It contains numerous external URLs pointing to other PDFs, suggesting a tactic to manipulate search engine results or distribute further payloads. The presence of multiple disposable hosting domains and UTM parameters in URLs reinforces the suspicious nature of this link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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.
  • 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://golowaki.ru/strik?utm_term=what+workouts+are+in+crossfit PDF link annotation
    • https://tupodoki.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776149/db1ad12054079c7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juzuxadubibipa.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134685448/87562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoxotedeki.medianewsonline.com/ctet_primary_answer_key_2020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigoditibalun.mywebcommunity.org/meluletavuwuduxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mufikisa.22web.org/virginia_conservation_easement_guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guditeni.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134529862/ff073b6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nasty666.space/propresenter_support_chat02pue.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xubanapirobula.mypressonline.com/4784916774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mugisawitunolaf.iblogger.org/bronson_movie_subtitles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-calm2.club/sharp_air_conditioner_remote_control_settingsojbk7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texewofe.22web.org/xilurujisidobowozegab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okrasote.info/how_do_particles_in_a_solid_move_when_heated4nap4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tajifajedu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637014/puzedeve_mamamudob_gewonugumanipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://a68e2ff5-bf17-48e3-82d4-ceb975b85758.filesusr.com/ugd/760101_2e0f0996af7244faabc7e9c68e6067aa.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/sobaketemu/what_is_the_chorus_in_ancient_greek_theatre.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ba30dffa-51fe-4caa-9472-6f142403a9bb.filesusr.com/ugd/c2007e_1107e7adbb294d1d9c00548f93667073.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://e3055f73-6236-423b-b810-4bc1a15f300f.filesusr.com/ugd/fa12d1_be68ff41a5d14f75862ce4f8edcc3eef.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://ae0ecf71-49bb-4ac4-bba4-d0f2a20d1af9.filesusr.com/ugd/668a47_b2473e40d2ab4ea582ca7148f6d95b93.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • http://kizuwopo.epizy.com/98002473488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/rojalexipokadaz/self_clamping_circular_saw_guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zafaronivaj/ruwiwuxelakojujevoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://91ca87c2-c493-4616-adaa-fbcec45394e1.filesusr.com/ugd/6116da_f4bfc815dd9d451cb4c6c2eec0f7c5dc.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • http://wugerubuvugox.myartsonline.com/synonyms_and_antonyms_of_words_from_a_to_z.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fadf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADF 5108 bytes
SHA-256: 889db06ae42598426fcb4cac8ff4444601ffc0bd4e6e164e2b2449c4b33b3734
font_01_sfnt_off00010c4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C4C 5012 bytes
SHA-256: d6a78c63255ab441b49e033f1529ea58957c56e1c61d3d975305952a58a14353
font_02_sfnt_off000119f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119F5 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 528862d1769a0fcc24b1e9a69cc08f86c9bc9a75621f87ea35dfd2ef9738be63