Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f43fb220b7d65f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

64.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 23:59:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bfed4169d9d6a9615fe969321b9104a6 SHA-1: a07b32fad47ebe018c214c4824c6a16f33882bc1 SHA-256: 2f43fb220b7d65f82096da846813abdc8b195794389bc5704230bad41ea66fd8
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to disposable domains, which is characteristic of a link farm used to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4667

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rosa+parks+medal+of+honor
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    • https://www.q-jin.ne.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90254611341.pdf
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