Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d31b936bc4f64804…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-04-17 06:11:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 20ff15b4fa3995c2a5190292fdd4552c SHA-1: a6dc98a2a1f101f5f5f4857ffdc5918b06aa1394 SHA-256: d31b936bc4f64804770c421097a4e3393d3e68dcd8095e2108a552a4a4ec8fca
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable domains or are structured as link farms, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting operation. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further supports a campaign-like distribution strategy.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7739

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://natsihwa.org.au/sites/default/files/webform/mufuwujaxerafesa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.enwidth.com/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/palepipob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.friendlycc.com/sites/default/files/webform/16921441106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mothercare.ro/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/jevosofotabotasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blplegal.com/sites/default/files/webform/vogelunejubujapezidugave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/sites/extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/files/documents/justificatifs/vawutudujenopudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spotlight-sites.com/sites/default/files/webform/93789740410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/sites/extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/files/documents/justificatifs/6659556688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osgeurope.com/sites/osg-corporate.dev/files/webform/zizepuniket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guninetwork.org/system/files/webform/heirri_proposals/32710798707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osgeurope.com/sites/osg-corporate.dev/files/webform/bedadijone.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/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=reacci%25C3%25B3n+de+combusti%25C3%25B3n+completa+del+propanoPDF link annotation
    • https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu/sites/default/files/webform/85266863194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.asu.edu/system/files/webform/delibenapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://community.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/26098210740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drones.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/zifogisabivaloxigisosobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.ice.cam.ac.uk/files/webform/tivajojisepizoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e4ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AC 5504 bytes
SHA-256: 8500014c32715598f282553abc540cf2d57d3a1df4565033a82ddc8251777239
font_01_sfnt_off0000f708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF708 12320 bytes
SHA-256: 326cce6c42910f98defbb9196c26fe60c0cb536f1d1d92d61dd6704e4a42d59f