Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee85aaa9ce51ec1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.4 KB Created: 2021-09-08 19:06:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9cd5c74ff3dc9f92f0d12adabc18f730 SHA-1: 02fe2dce1796e3a9b1c6b94b2955110955b13dde SHA-256: ee85aaa9ce51ec1c96770f892ffaa4c770c3e6faa751624c3aa05b4859708356
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an image designed to obscure clickable links, a common tactic to deceive users into navigating to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific content, but the presence of numerous external URIs and the overall structure strongly suggest an attempt to redirect the user to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7476

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 41 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://montagnobozzone.it/userfiles/files/xifakulubev.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomaglio.it/userfiles/files/xipetakufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrocare.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipabovowixodakegetujita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlfuelmarine.com/userfiles/file/72177173755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/kulavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/99457253516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birotex.rs/images/files/99175049073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfadent-volg.ru/images_uploads/files/95858713141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk0rmjpmh1lmppuudsjgvmp6ff/39521021195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30319882062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonvoyageindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zivuzagugenawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essentielles-theater.de/UserFiles/File/jipofujetituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sentinels.ro/userfiles/file/redagabisevuzuwozadob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asqcert.net/files/files/68681894506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bavejimavodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lokutiguvuvipavarezimafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nileagriculturalindustries.com/file/98048914914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2o2b17g32e8xisqq.com/userData/board/file/matigodorofiwetajolagumit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300ab49f98e---wabuvusunuzozoruxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pate4me.com/userfiles/file/57003107915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49219593132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkapsikoloji.net/userfiles/file/jofepogixulifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioaec.com/userfiles/files/tibafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optical-axis.com/uploads/files/202109052045578520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incomingmakedonia.com/files/files/sikavewoxenapurerax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=free+esl+reading+comprehension+worksheets+pdfPDF link annotation

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