Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6167de051d94aadb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:53:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a83288cbcfab3df6897dfe804b1af390 SHA-1: d3a5f98ba3bc2a5fcc85022f1983963e530c5db6 SHA-256: 6167de051d94aadb9f6975e6d8985cf206d1ad0746cd1a490ddce001ee1cbd2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9142

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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=cloud+gaming+unlimited+time
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/xepepije.pdf
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/69982925718.pdf
    • http://hcbarrett.com/user_area/file/44784260591.pdf
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/wivipizumidoz.pdf
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd45a03757---98724957706.pdf
    • https://kapokcmassage.com/uploads/files/202109031135331658.pdf
    • https://natatourism.com/userfiles/files/50061717234.pdf
    • https://saintarseny.ca/sites/saintarseny.ca/files/file/1651458418.pdf
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/38996858853.pdf
    • http://www.poliklinika-hb.cz/userfiles/file/18703045854.pdf
    • https://jin-hung.com/userfiles/file/83066143393.pdf
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/50500228574.pdf
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/gumomuwobo.pdf
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/30264494719.pdf
    • https://mmeasar.com/mmeasarfiles/file/22062286764.pdf
    • http://gyogytornasziget.hu/uploads/files/72293994572.pdf
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/69474150004.pdf
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/xanuvekakekikov.pdf
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/89183199426.pdf
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/genima.pdf
    • http://ablerexthailand.com/userfiles/files/xapinitiwagezaduvuxiz.pdf
    • http://photopuzzle.net/userData/board/file/30155792068.pdf
    • https://kmedebiyatgunleri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85762564756.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_off0000d7b1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7B1 16792 bytes