Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88a4eff67413aede…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.0 KB Created: 2021-04-19 12:20:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-30
MD5: e4a3075b00e9e53bfc86f1b8731f127a SHA-1: dcf5d6699d45f704432807826ecee8b88c896ff9 SHA-256: 88a4eff67413aedec8d76b9782ad8bf8878040ad301c0577c954653bfa7baa3d
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of external links, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic, suggesting a link farm or redirection to potentially malicious content. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external URIs and the ML classification indicate a malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7129

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 contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/42416127327.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/65047245793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/zateguzafafidefezibexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.friendlycc.com/sites/default/files/webform/mitiporaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/nakevatekiviva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osgeurope.com/sites/osg-corporate.dev/files/webform/28911573484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enwidth.com/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/noranixuguwetepefosobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grossenbacher.co.nz/en/system/files/avoidance-training-certificates/4264017636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oaklandchildcare.org/sites/default/files/webform/1289321409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ofalloncasting.com/sites/default/files/webform/geguridafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicatsalud.com/html/sites/default/files/webform/86929885116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enwidth.com/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/95374483905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+role+of+hr+in+business+planningPDF link annotation
    • https://ubmemeaensoprod.s3.amazonaws.com/ifsec_international/call_for_papers/2021/03/33404153997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.ice.cam.ac.uk/files/webform/46273532178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubmemeaensoprod.s3.amazonaws.com/ifsec_international/call_for_papers/2021/03/pitoripizebareko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minorsoncampus.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/97035559296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.asu.edu/system/files/webform/delibenapu.pdfIn PDF document text