Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe0a92fbfdeb54e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-03-08 16:41:39 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: dc298d8ff0b0ee25064c7aba4a065063 SHA-1: d49fec01347bb80a6ec16c569013c13f152b4ab8 SHA-256: fe0a92fbfdeb54e0be58bfc61a7eadd4732c4c48393e2b8e60ace34fa2de8ccd
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple embedded URLs, including one that mimics a search result for a poem's rhythm, likely to trick users into clicking. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as a phishing or trojan variant. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting further supports a link farm or phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • 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://kuzutuzo.ru/strik?utm_term=what+is+the+effect+of+rhythm+in+a+poem PDF link annotation
    • https://lopiranurepo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/7/134735856/ritet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faponabon.mygamesonline.org/gumatude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4412165/normal_5fd0d3dc1f8d9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4428329/normal_5ffb8b4ba9d73.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kekijojovif.sportsontheweb.net/18690450570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4451035/normal_5ffa58d450b6b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xeneniwavufew.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132814439/zurumimoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokiputukalak.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164130/radimuxudanunisisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonizubiro.getenjoyment.net/ib_november_2018_exam_schedule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4426960/normal_5fe5eb9f4ea8a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4421940/normal_6013b9597abd4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4379220/normal_601b2a8ed74dc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4386852/normal_602106e7bdb08.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zinobelusetepi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135318062/143722f26e6ea.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4450516/normal_5fdbd1c87ef85.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4369771/normal_5fe49bdb3a479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4385216/normal_5fc81089a60ab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jukamonasob.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740128/dexonozo_vekif_kadebefidegudux_barapuxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silewugebed.scienceontheweb.net/26366843499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lolafoduluj.22web.org/how_to_prepare_certified_mail_form_3811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://lobopekogolo.onlinewebshop.net/different_parts_of_ic_engine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/d33d6c60-6ef0-4779-a6fd-228ab7c7274b/wunekapitesibize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/8fc23e79-d1f6-41d6-9a6b-d063d8b1f84f/79651149982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/6c240311-434c-4f5c-bbee-bc187295320d/ejercicios_de_probabilidad_y_estadistica_resueltos_variables_aleatorias.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b1c27289-fa9a-42a1-a323-6b497bc311a8/what_are_the_benefits_of_keeping_pets_essay.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pejulok.epizy.com/cat_5e_cable_specification.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_off0000ec0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC0C 5336 bytes
SHA-256: 3e378e13a3879d2674de804d7ac343527c65ed80edf0cf908c544c97bce33ac3
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE21 10648 bytes
SHA-256: e17e37e9cf7cb444af8054089fdd4ee27c50035ca5859575c440d48cb6685287