PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8e96c8bc01b7a971

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.6 KB Created: 2021-10-01 14:54:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27

MD5: 12c7a990b721d233014c29f14221d5c5 SHA-1: a4b0030feafddf4e471d097c5c93cc4a92145214 SHA-256: 8e96c8bc01b7a9716956199d60b9c431bdbbdd65938b51a576a19384f8c99e37

152 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The PDF also exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, with an image-only design and external links, suggesting an attempt to trick users into interacting with malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8504

Heuristics 6

ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
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 38 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.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b7699917f4---30986465324.pdf In PDF document text
- https://aspirecambodia-edu.org/userfiles/file/xusokarenu.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/sakaziko.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://haki.tincorner.com/uploads/files/64162082984.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/watumanozazajajar.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://joyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranabo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://jubangh.com/Upload/FckUpload/20210921file///foxaxikopifapixogivopaxel.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615181a4ccbd3---65494085973.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://plagij.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/retebefepomesovo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://giasudaihocsupham.com/Images_upload/files/92466652854.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://zavalinka.by/var/upload/file/sibejewofolom.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://qdjshg.com/files/file/xepefuzewuwofiwirozus.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://sofupingame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nibajelexupu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://olterus.info/contents/files/nunugatugopobagilu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=tao+te+ching+stephen+mitchell+pdf+freePDF link annotation

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