Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd5a60d32af089cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.7 KB Created: 2021-09-24 18:00:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9a0f49764b11916f4c1a450bed6992af SHA-1: fc860f645ee978795d57730bf12f09e4502b59e8 SHA-256: bd5a60d32af089cdbce9813c067ae89c5a5081d3d6c3574cfb229f807562c404
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous embedded URLs, with one specifically noted as a 'link farm on disposable hosting' and another pointing to a suspicious domain. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its direct lure, but the overall structure and URL distribution suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7448

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+my+phone%27s+qr+code PDF link annotation
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/33060680962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/52622791459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/xojorilaveso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e60ce66207465580ff28e67061abb19/59950018227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfttacg.marketsearching.com/upload/files/4097292820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhanvietgroup.com/demo/xay-dung-tnx/upload/files/45779676816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/49656649529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/fenomuluruvufulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/golenofezazutode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylplj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/najat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurotig.ro/file/74846798600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tianlanlawyer.com/filespath/files/20210905005314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12457842114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/jufepol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vswet.ru/f/47251685317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togul.org/sites/default/files/file/pebanenubewitepebuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/42884960373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verypool.cn/images/upload/File/rasulojibefopoxuzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archidaldegan.eu/userfiles/files/rufagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totojobasoroneli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88077554301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audidalys.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobejovekolozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/razofebobalovubadokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://torgoborud.org/images/file/75964999377.pdfIn PDF document text