Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ca59b0424441091…

MALICIOUS

PDF

57.0 KB Created: 2020-03-12 11:52:47 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.1.4 (via Qt 4.8.6)
MD5: f646bb82aa571591f3c22eb57ee9cd12 SHA-1: 24bd0e043d8c365f712aef2f6138254471e3900e SHA-256: 0ca59b0424441091afa19988b96a40ceccdab3f3c16da343c5de13b7c4ac728a
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, suggesting a link farm or content distribution scheme. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic confirms the presence of numerous external links. The document body text is heavily obfuscated and contains embedded URLs, further supporting the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • 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://s9kfv.slpny.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130551941/130551941.html#esl+reading+comprehension+worksheets+high+school
    • http://duodulce.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130323928/f2c22c43.pdf
    • http://mazziccity.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776118/402e92.pdf
    • http://investamericaeb5com.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130289625/4270732.pdf
    • http://kimcopywriting.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874340/8953947.pdf
    • http://152811427883146431.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130590162/8984322.pdf
    • http://wholehealthdiscoverycenter.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776795/lorufananufemo_wanuduwusilujaf_vupob.pdf
    • http://northwalestimberframes.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130489297/newuz.pdf
    • http://ktrpo.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969249/rirurisikumupiv_wasubusixekuvu_nitenuxomuv_konivimuwoxusif.pdf
    • http://24cci.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130603978/7005940.pdf
    • http://gardenglassetc.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130271148/tidetotetej.pdf
    • http://gadgetuniondistribution.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620529/7231009.pdf
    • http://michianapropertyinspections.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604716/nenatazitafupu.pdf
    • http://marshallsewell.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740553/666836.pdf
    • http://maria-cipriano.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130543656/5814142.pdf
    • http://openpaw.net/uploads/1/3/0/2/130271028/wexoxega.pdf
    • http://www.neironeformazione.it/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874130/648bba3ad11f88.pdf
    • http://www.cymrhi.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130323835/7385750.pdf
    • http://www.le-petitelion.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130272613/e9f23.pdf
    • http://mygrassfedmeat.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621115/govazipotoz.pdf
    • http://www.charityandwine.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130540352/xexevaluj_vodadi_kanesu_mojidixikex.pdf
    • http://www.durabuilteng.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130588547/8374419.pdf
    • http://alanbakerarchitecturalservices.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620979/zaluninuvepemok_savojurukiwofuz.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000a0f7.bin
cb3fb3487faf9b7cd2d108795c2d97ae63bae0e422b7d2834b7fa75ae9f5756b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA0F7 8180 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c092.bin
779aa567746046747dac965df7fdfb06ff632674a0a99ce247a327bf89f0fa63
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC092 16036 bytes