Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4551f7011e52f26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.9 KB Created: 2021-04-23 09:29:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-24
MD5: 411aa1cb0d176336ef279d0ce9dc51ef SHA-1: 43f4cad699f570f1facdcfab24eec925ab1b6da0 SHA-256: e4551f7011e52f26d22b3b5b56b76c099a5dea91d94d3000fb5a0a4d975fb9df
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and 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 0.7184

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://grossenbacher.co.nz/en/system/files/avoidance-training-certificates/tonitunivopevefasoxezaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aboss.by/sites/default/files/webform/10891008032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicatsalud.com/html/sites/default/files/webform/53132673180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portal-mysigma.com/system/files/student-proof/tevesifisota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ofalloncasting.com/sites/default/files/webform/mibotemesasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.telluridescience.org/sites/default/files/tstc-applications/kuvusuwube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/padubomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spotlight-sites.com/sites/default/files/webform/wokasonexigugeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web.liderpapel.com/sites/default/files/webform/36759883892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/65047245793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicatsalud.com/html/sites/default/files/webform/604022749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klm3fg.grhosting.cz/sites/default/files/webform/files/56601188302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+get+directv+app+on+lg+smart+tvPDF link annotation
    • https://campusrec.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/putiwokareviwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/resumes/53082175038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://community.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/wijudabopijobomoxusosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printandmail.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/31356988355.pdfIn PDF document text