Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0862746bf231910…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.8 KB Created: 2021-05-01 02:57:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a308f37be4d0023b8f1f16114c7d2244 SHA-1: 61eb0be81931c61a9dd8e3cb90cbcc98141136c4 SHA-256: e0862746bf231910f42330791fd58ae239bc7325a7bfcdb42d1bc0fd4b0b406c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, with a prominent one identified as an SEO redirector likely used for phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of external links, and 'PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK' specifically points to a free-download lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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 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.
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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://maypoin.ru/strik?utm_term=how+to+do+exponents+and+radicals PDF link annotation
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4388825/normal_6069dbb67dba0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kexolifowuj.medianewsonline.com/safubigova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bossyonlinex.com/digital_design_and_computer_architecture_arm_edition_table_of_contentsdobb2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4387931/normal_6041ee612d9ee.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zifufarox.getenjoyment.net/zatitefuregukamirasezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snegny.com/31666683061qj4jk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gudutisiluzew.mypressonline.com/77541120433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazujiz.mygamesonline.org/4210487053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twirlini.com/soredolexito0jyaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4423137/normal_603447707341b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/rikolesafuwofar/trauma_focused_cbt_for_ptsd_manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://d397443b-80d0-4e74-967c-4ce830ee3754.filesusr.com/ugd/0a76f0_e71e2e7650244c89a5c417c48bc791ed.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://2b01876c-5741-4e94-bfb6-30973e4a6517.filesusr.com/ugd/45d688_436f0bab72544d1e8d8233c62c4e2489.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://7920a853-f458-4dfc-a893-f50c3ed6f780.filesusr.com/ugd/fe7850_9116ca23445b4491a81e49098fd7a123.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/robumuduluwise/arpeni_pratama_ocean_line_annual_report.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/rakabexozu/apeman_dash_cam_c450_user_manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://6a1e2a5f-c456-4288-b9d5-5378f87870fb.filesusr.com/ugd/076fac_081ce99be9d8419f88a7a2163a9449a9.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://764dfaed-7091-4b1c-a8ff-ceb5b694923f.filesusr.com/ugd/4bafdb_5dc8be11214e4b53b6a382d81b6f14f0.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://f4a80ce2-0a24-44e2-aff7-13c87a434ee9.filesusr.com/ugd/ace063_9fb4affc08304817850b0212bea195eb.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • http://xirozaza.onlinewebshop.net/48103531658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://83f018a0-8e49-44f0-b57e-805e464a5f06.filesusr.com/ugd/10a4aa_4ba3322ce3904788a6cdc6db020f9845.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/jakujakula/nbme_step_1_practice_exams.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_off000154a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154A3 5188 bytes
SHA-256: 178b2f122cf6a49fd52fa2728cd3e296df54938b53ba9232296c19b2c3847359
font_01_sfnt_off00016669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16669 11640 bytes
SHA-256: caf8240b05fb22aad37e3330be847170695cc673df314ac6587d1ab98720229b