Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e67eecc5a73dd746…

MALICIOUS

PDF

61.5 KB Created: 2021-04-07 15:34:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-07
MD5: 4599b6f9edc9d59303d9683317ff64d2 SHA-1: 179cab09f05846ccb52cca0d6b97d8eefcf4b9da SHA-256: e67eecc5a73dd7466cb8dd151667ae580c0f708f1fc621c976857ab510c00c25
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable domains and are structured as link farms, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8019

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 http://www.friendlycc.com/sites/default/files/webform/47778491084.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://grossenbacher.co.nz/en/system/files/avoidance-training-certificates/87762274679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spotlight-sites.com/sites/default/files/webform/jalipoxelelikepobolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mothercare.ro/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/jevosofotabotasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.friendlycc.com/sites/default/files/webform/74296331991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osgeurope.com/sites/osg-corporate.dev/files/webform/tajiwugebewozebukak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/82598578892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oaklandchildcare.org/sites/default/files/webform/85322732160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a1touchsolution.nl/sites/default/files/kobovigub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russian-ice-spb.ru/sites/default/files/webform/files/42282539280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.visitsavannah.com/sites/default/files/webform/fukixuliwidopisoduzurapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.muttypawsacademy.com/sites/default/files/webform/vaccines/nojezajewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.newburghgroup.com/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/falaburisidibiwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natsihwa.org.au/sites/default/files/webform/xugapovapoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/26147793628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blplegal.com/sites/default/files/webform/80507347088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=free+program+to+add+text+to+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://community.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/tujuxegagisezemesolut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradfutures.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/buviboxakutovovujigobimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minorsoncampus.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/zotatati.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_off0000e379.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE379 5176 bytes
SHA-256: d858c033510bec2fd5dc230e2fe866fdb2193eacd80bf6e4435695802fb028df