Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a525a158900da860…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.0 KB Created: 2021-04-21 07:51:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 347b5039249ba8a41cf55ca7683055be SHA-1: 1d873b481bbda78bee368bd531c2e66ba7698bf3 SHA-256: a525a158900da86098dfd0ab2574a87873879fe7c29bd147623ce590d1a8a2a0
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6767

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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/natogaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://web.liderpapel.com/sites/default/files/webform/kivalin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilgrimland.com/sites/default/files/webform/resume-uploads/40494538869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mainephilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/30695142459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grossenbacher.co.nz/en/system/files/avoidance-training-certificates/basolidigululaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilgrimland.com/sites/default/files/webform/resume-uploads/jitebetususi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grotekeukens.be/sites/default/files/webform/gmawards2018/sumeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/vojowavujelosapol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+lambda+in+latexPDF link annotation
    • https://campusrec.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/18758627140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/sites/default/files/webform/vifixofixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vub.be/sites/vub/files/webform/gegisikirusesikogibo.pdfIn PDF document text

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