Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64ca4b88f0f3cfa9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

147.2 KB Created: 2021-04-08 18:01:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 53294660e08651d3124d29bad3b226ab SHA-1: d70152c6ea8cd4de964944dc1f49a14d5319f7ac SHA-256: 64ca4b88f0f3cfa99f9ef3c4b588eff6df747ef833f8562a4c3fd1a43fc830d1
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting and employing UTM parameters, indicative of a phishing or scam lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing attack designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9559

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
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