Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad738f10332dd853…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.5 KB Created: 2021-04-17 05:37:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: b4d0a5f0a89716921a4670a618a1cb57 SHA-1: b4d09ddfdb5cd42a17546aaa18e2f453437cc799 SHA-256: ad738f10332dd8534061b55684e440bf7d9a24c4b73deb96a15fb9826a36eb79
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, with one heuristic specifically flagging it as a link farm on disposable hosting. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7855

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 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 http://www.muttypawsacademy.com/sites/default/files/webform/vaccines/lozege.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.friendlycc.com/sites/default/files/webform/mitiporaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mothercare.ro/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/tawapiseligimagawawujimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grossenbacher.co.nz/en/system/files/avoidance-training-certificates/tonitunivopevefasoxezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/sites/extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/files/documents/justificatifs/bariwogutal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uts.cw/sites/default/files/webform/58994315224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osgeurope.com/sites/osg-corporate.dev/files/webform/28911573484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uts.cw/sites/default/files/webform/89737617204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blplegal.com/sites/default/files/webform/25596831819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uts.cw/sites/default/files/webform/nukuromenalifaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=navien+nr+240a+flame+rod+assemblyPDF link annotation
    • https://lib.asu.edu/system/files/webform/46247033309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubmemeaensoprod.s3.amazonaws.com/ifsec_international/call_for_papers/2021/03/33404153997.pdfIn PDF document text