Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1f686d3cff62dd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

64.3 KB Created: 2021-04-11 10:03:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: f1b4d2814f0cd2b282252369b7873a8f SHA-1: a42933112c8b4397e5303c56e23e9ea75a444b67 SHA-256: f1f686d3cff62dd528d5b4089337a29e72167b1b074db73c7936b489ec250645
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are structured to appear as legitimate file uploads but lead to unknown domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve a second-stage payload. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7866

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://www.uts.cw/sites/default/files/webform/47116150145.pdf
    • http://pilgrimland.com/sites/default/files/webform/resume-uploads/jitebetususi.pdf
    • http://klm3fg.grhosting.cz/sites/default/files/webform/files/5308316073.pdf
    • http://www.grotekeukens.be/sites/default/files/webform/gmawards2018/84972388600.pdf
    • https://www.telluridescience.org/sites/default/files/tstc-applications/fezijorimofilafomifum.pdf
    • https://www.mainephilanthropy.org/sites/default/files/guvobirewuge.pdf
    • http://cicatsalud.com/html/sites/default/files/webform/mulakipezumaxusilexuvu.pdf
    • http://russian-ice-spb.ru/sites/default/files/webform/files/fapulewamekunasu.pdf
    • http://klm3fg.grhosting.cz/sites/default/files/webform/files/vewamilobofesiwukor.pdf
    • http://russian-ice-spb.ru/sites/default/files/webform/files/77599308563.pdf
    • https://www.ofalloncasting.com/sites/default/files/webform/taxebuvokorutupimapo.pdf
    • https://aboss.by/sites/default/files/webform/80384466065.pdf
    • https://ambrose.edu/sites/default/files/webform/vojowavujelosapol.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=zweiteilige+konnektoren+%25C3%25BCbungen
    • https://gradfutures.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/fumegefexuwonadijot.pdf
    • https://community.princeton.edu/system/files/webform/4167827641.pdf
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cc25.bin
4eb1e93131d40b79fe84ab9f6857bc4d84eca5b76f9a07f63a801e11abd13ca1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC25 4720 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc27.bin
9c051374e6eda0056f734b66ce0b7839a73df19215159bd08ebc0a642ab028c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC27 10896 bytes