Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8b92af346eeb4ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

61.3 KB Created: 2021-02-25 01:05:36 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 75d0df68982815e08fe9f14ff7c55a39 SHA-1: f61000d727fd39cf9fd3a12c38aab5119754199a SHA-256: c8b92af346eeb4ca11d93058b3ae4082826016f4a9e0e5d63cbeedac4112c29a
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded URLs, with one specifically pointing to a suspicious domain ('baarspo.ru') that is likely part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for multiple links, further supporting a malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6759

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://baarspo.ru/award?keyword=starbucks+cold+cups PDF link annotation
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