Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82fc03d35218b6f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.3 KB Created: 2021-09-26 15:32:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 14b8abe2a7325080b3530f226e7197f1 SHA-1: 7facbe086e97a7f70e09521fde687800feb1c091 SHA-256: 82fc03d35218b6f7c739b1c4c913520408750a75596baec2e52d7bf35d9b1f30
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded clickable link. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The document likely attempts to redirect the user to a malicious site hosted on disposable domains, as suggested by the URL structure and heuristic findings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7998

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 37 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dialog+4g+apn+settings+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d8a104d2a7---balanapajuvefowotobobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantomauro.it/userfiles/files/samijoworupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.com/uploads/file/wasafes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adec-interiors.net/Uploads/file/43827733035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22480849402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80670971319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pemaboutiquehotel.com/assets/userfiles/files/fitisagotefuwumawukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgweld18.com/UploadFile/file/20210904032320723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/51514487In PDF document text