Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c33265a9ffbf4da4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.6 KB Created: 2021-04-11 13:01:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 9fda8c3294f5432c08ebb3977a66ef27 SHA-1: ba2338ba82aaed95bac225735f10f5f5a48e1fa8 SHA-256: c33265a9ffbf4da4bfb11096d02212c48e200ee6d9a3b81c8c08568032641ce6
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many of which are hosted on seemingly legitimate domains but are structured as webform submissions, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8600

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://www.natsihwa.org.au/sites/default/files/webform/17423244846.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oaklandchildcare.org/sites/default/files/webform/ligexupasofobepis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pacificsportfraservalley.com/sites/default/files/webform/12938533755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uts.cw/sites/default/files/webform/pugixenarewowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/futexapepunuvanujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a1touchsolution.nl/sites/default/files/wozupidojenebimovom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sumnercountyhospital.org/sites/default/files/webform/xubapubawaral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.telluridescience.org/sites/default/files/tstc-applications/90077644064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klm3fg.grhosting.cz/sites/default/files/webform/files/tekuxegejarikuferibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilgrimland.com/sites/default/files/webform/resume-uploads/69774832497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ofalloncasting.com/sites/default/files/webform/tirudekamevajoluzagobumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mothercare.ro/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/tawapiseligimagawawujimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osgeurope.com/sites/osg-corporate.dev/files/webform/19824824677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dgs-interparts.be/sites/default/files/7838369457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ofalloncasting.com/sites/default/files/webform/68406293253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grossenbacher.co.nz/en/system/files/avoidance-training-certificates/basolidigululaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=Cardi+B+Vendeu+sua+alma+ao+diaboPDF link annotation
    • https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.ice.cam.ac.uk/files/webform/17420147243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campusrec.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/7624886728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e3da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3DA 5220 bytes
SHA-256: 56f7bb95b088b3a63f2b878a18e3cef9f77e200f187124dcd7fb5c8afc914cde