Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18168b1008caf000…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.0 KB Created: 2021-04-18 09:51:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 53517b7dff387bf71cdca36ce129c7bf SHA-1: ba9c38f91f3b243710ba71f59cc941dd50704436 SHA-256: 18168b1008caf000cf7f5f314444bbaf64d9ac1d5e6c2bd0816b220fc7aca139
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7192

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://grossenbacher.co.nz/en/system/files/avoidance-training-certificates/tatemomolefifepa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.jwico.com/sites/default/files/webform/kupoxogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jsif.org/sites/default/files/webform/nozixedexifanozavarojiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.woonsocketri.org/system/temporary/webform/danajon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilgrimland.com/sites/default/files/webform/resume-uploads/jitebetususi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mainephilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/wimatetomowitiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klm3fg.grhosting.cz/sites/default/files/webform/files/nuzutigurazuleziwuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uts.cw/sites/default/files/webform/50818196885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oaklandchildcare.org/sites/default/files/webform/zomosazufexebale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+replace+batteries+in+cordless+phonesPDF link annotation
    • https://www.vub.be/sites/vub/files/webform/lijulur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://community.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/36479690150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campusrec.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/febapaxugodikuzakepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drones.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/xakunowegetudirojevogejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printandmail.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/83328436210.pdfIn PDF document text