Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b968e05c4c34cea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:22:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d38c208a36aa965700a8290ea3d9281e SHA-1: 1694e7c9c93b6e99345a38f3eb62b204772bd807 SHA-256: 2b968e05c4c34cea0453384b11d9ea15a7ed2dd2eb4129e237bddbcd8fd9d4a1
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to disposable domains, and is flagged by heuristics as a link farm and malicious. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8256

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=k+means+clustering+algorithm+in+matlab
    • http://yjccnc.com/upload/files/duporepew.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146d59b13901---poluw.pdf
    • https://toyotaautobody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxeluluro.pdf
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xezepesetidat.pdf
    • https://stabiactiv.com/userfiles/file/nasubegazuwirizu.pdf
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/90911116665.pdf
    • http://seto.cz/uploads/97206323800.pdf
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021090402105441395.pdf
    • http://gabinetortodontyczny.eu/userfiles/file/tajujafigutiromirazenu.pdf
    • http://rakkhunnursinghome.com/user_img/files/20503200586.pdf
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lidab.pdf
    • http://ph-easycome.com/userfiles/file/39493641760.pdf
    • http://ortopediaszombathely.hu/editor_up/21319742270.pdf
    • https://advantage.ee/media/contents/file/kesasoxojugogizepuril.pdf
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/21471521844.pdf
    • https://aimtronu.org/userfiles/file/pegagugodapizazufofu.pdf
    • http://hotel-ambassador-nice.com/upload/files/watig.pdf
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/wokokilenebijunir.pdf
    • https://loyallcanada.com/editor_files/file/86179955224.pdf
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300556f266e---61473127611.pdf
    • http://sicilalluminio.it/userfiles/files/zajopirijolowisazujivewub.pdf
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce43.bin
9ca6b99535532b9cde8831e66de62e7fa40ece3b4c3e7fd67dfa82f191d88aa2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE43 17112 bytes