Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef3aa2f3a52226b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-08 11:26:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: bb7583c9308fe3e0613bc06ddd76975f SHA-1: 3d4fd80c157603c1eb9d7eb49e6ceb3af14c3d5d SHA-256: ef3aa2f3a52226b057d7d026bfa69fbc59fd8f21b758575b9da640a836df58a7
234 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm and employs social engineering tactics like a download button and password lure to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://pixomot.ru/pbw?utm_term=bts+love+yourself+her+album+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4381544/normal_6028ab4f561f9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4447252/normal_6046c8f557cfd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4379377/normal_603e0a374023e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4448995/normal_604c9693d4323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4402014/normal_604dd3682491f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bupiwuzisulim.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874125/3486504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4412164/normal_604aaad22f1c7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gesalosozim.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/7/5/137504479/rupanefelasagapan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4483072/normal_6011fe8e91a0a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luwusimoxoxaxa.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453453/gofodarekofijegabul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://newubotadov.pbworks.com/f/the_legend_of_zelda_parallel_worlds_snes_rom_espaol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vixifalino.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144573570/ritepurimekojipozawokupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wirabofitox.pbworks.com/f/carrom_disc_pool_unlimited_coins_and_gems_latest_version_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rupuker.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144731172/ropafitusodunomuxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagaxop.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144538527/nokia_800_tough_dual_sim_manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giwupiraride.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/144624627/bronx_county_clerk_divorce_records.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b7748b0c-bec4-47f5-a21c-2bb86eed3170/what_are_the_primary_sources_of_muslim_law.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/80a41bfe-815b-44a3-ae3f-ace4dbbcbf2b/flashback_triple_delay_vs_alter_ego_x4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jezopisi.pbworks.com/f/figenatemabuxodunase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/fdc1d47e-54bd-4896-aec3-7b400633e118/how_to_write_a_bill_of_sale_receipt.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
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f504.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF504 4028 bytes
SHA-256: 7e20751b27c93cb09de55fb63bf306f6c35920c3e485f885e6b18c4b18b3a3f9
font_01_sfnt_off0001033a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033A 5592 bytes
SHA-256: a916934704af33ee72f6148fa484726af4ac07ad404badcd8bf7508d364158df
font_02_sfnt_off00011626.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11626 12308 bytes
SHA-256: 794ef12f5fc3b92c886cfe6cdd89e701c41f62667b568d4c691fdced5446ee7d
font_03_sfnt_off00013f78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F78 16060 bytes
SHA-256: 74c25351ceab73455d1891ea470fad3788f7d91d7dd2aa15ed54b0feca07d747