Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e4d97b35499677a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.8 KB Created: 2021-04-25 02:46:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-13
MD5: bc4b01b85d6fea5ec33489f841995e28 SHA-1: c6ae2f089decb3dbfc06a207ba4f91ff41ee5918 SHA-256: 0e4d97b35499677a99106aed027c481cce887e13eb7989fb75863f856c9708d5
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to potentially malicious or unknown domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6372

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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://www.jsif.org/sites/default/files/webform/nozixedexifanozavarojiro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://russian-ice-spb.ru/sites/default/files/webform/files/69309865186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/ginigiwosumomigari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pbttphtk.gov.my/sites/default/files/webform/zoxajetuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicatsalud.com/html/sites/default/files/webform/buvonajevomowetizebijix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birdlifebotswana.org.bw/sites/default/files/webform/sightings-sketches/fipeforivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.muttypawsacademy.com/sites/default/files/webform/vaccines/96392425525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enwidth.com/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/sojinikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.termis.org/system/files/webform/nibobuzokojovafizuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+difference+between+the+bible+and+the+quranPDF link annotation
    • https://printandmail.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/21338807989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradfutures.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/pelafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printandmail.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/98467125123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.asu.edu/system/files/webform/61431168480.pdfIn PDF document text