Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45efeee12e8e9747…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.4 KB Created: 2021-04-19 04:52:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: e864834854c2795f0efc2e395507e29a SHA-1: 8243b305722bb92b1277f2194905831e621eac69 SHA-256: 45efeee12e8e9747b09e4b2e2861c6166e4693ee38e86ff2fa26f1fdfcfeabcb
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 0.7050

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 http://www.pbttphtk.gov.my/sites/default/files/webform/nolukaronedibikix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.newburghgroup.com/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/talazeleravu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicatsalud.com/html/sites/default/files/webform/sidetarebuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natsihwa.org.au/sites/default/files/webform/72917344941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grossenbacher.co.nz/en/system/files/avoidance-training-certificates/xetomaroronep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guninetwork.org/system/files/webform/heirri_proposals/35039450578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/vojowavujelosapol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enwidth.com/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/bemefunojupupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sumnercountyhospital.org/sites/default/files/webform/vetasitumuwogemukuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ofalloncasting.com/sites/default/files/webform/taxebuvokorutupimapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicatsalud.com/html/sites/default/files/webform/kizosilubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicatsalud.com/html/sites/default/files/webform/32041770382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+find+out+what+year+my+kawasaki+prairie+isPDF link annotation
    • https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu/sites/default/files/webform/63066688876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.ice.cam.ac.uk/files/webform/tivajojisepizoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/sites/default/files/webform/juvuwudonuvusenovirem.pdfIn PDF document text