Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b29ae74af084abc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.4 KB Created: 2021-04-11 02:56:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: b2af521993fe674935d30398e3b6bded SHA-1: 35720478df0b318a1d7530f5b4ea452391bab3e7 SHA-256: b29ae74af084abc7ed7526e886958aead9cf103965c7bb3aa2eafc20a6d18794
64 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8917

Heuristics 3

  • 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/85138354947.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/sites/extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/files/documents/justificatifs/ratasivovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://architecturaldesigninc.com/sites/default/files/masugikiretige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/mamak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/sites/extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/files/documents/justificatifs/pefusoxewirevujilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilgrimland.com/sites/default/files/webform/resume-uploads/jokefogebefuzifuzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aboss.by/sites/default/files/webform/12404161593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.woonsocketri.org/system/temporary/webform/kebadewanizokodijixupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.newburghgroup.com/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/mogewewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enwidth.com/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/lerudaxalopavowurugepoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grotekeukens.be/sites/default/files/webform/gmawards2018/sakobonomoduriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicatsalud.com/html/sites/default/files/webform/bulurifabisiwotubavigivos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jsif.org/sites/default/files/webform/rijuluzevowogadabiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dgs-interparts.be/sites/default/files/36138637258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=redken+color+fusion+extra+lift+color+chartPDF link annotation
    • https://minorsoncampus.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/janoruzafasolefixos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vub.be/sites/vub/files/webform/siwujomizawafoxewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/resumes/68382108709.pdfIn PDF document text