Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ff4c121c3adf258…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB Created: 2018-06-11 08:40:10 -04:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.4 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2020-09-24
MD5: 232d2025c02f250b37ed19e72ce031a4 SHA-1: f3665cca400552b096f9b3b8520bb5dd2c85b2bb SHA-256: 1ff4c121c3adf2581cd1f5f2be22596cb0b012e3fe58efb86c5b81b1fc6fe105
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded URLs that mimic download links for a statistics textbook. The ML classifier flagged this PDF as malicious with a high score. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure. The primary attack pattern involves directing the user to a malicious URL to download a file, likely a malicious payload disguised as a PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8007

Heuristics 4

  • Fake 'free download' SEO-poisoning PDF critical PDF_SEO_FAKE_DOWNLOAD
    The ML classifier flagged this PDF AND it carries a visual download/call-to-action lure AND an off-domain server-side download-gateway link whose query string names a document payload. This three-signal conjunction is the fake-document / 'free PDF download' SEO-poisoning delivery pattern: the page is padded with benign decoy links to dilute classifier scores while funnelling the victim through the gateway to malware/scareware. Acting only on the conjunction keeps benign download-bearing PDFs from being misflagged.
  • PDF carries a PHP-gateway SEO-spam PDF link farm medium PDF_SEO_PHP_GATEWAY_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains four or more clickable links whose target is a `.php` gateway with a multi-word search-PHRASE document slug embedded after it (e.g. 'index.php?.../binary+options+trading+nz.pdf' or 'pdf.php/cialis-dosage-side-effects.pdf'). Legitimate PHP-served documents use a filename or numeric id, not a search-query phrase, so this is the generated SEO link-farm shape — pharma / binary-options / 'free download' spam that ranks for queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://uncpbisdegree.com/download3.php?q=understanding-basic-statistics-6th-edition.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=understanding-basic-statistics-6th-edition.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wowebook.org/In PDF document text
    • http://www.bibme.org/In PDF document text
    • http://vetbooks.ir/dellmanns-textbook-of-veterinary-histology-6th-edition-with-cd/In PDF document text
    • http://dl4a.org/uploads/pdf/581SPC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vbcodesource.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ldonline.org/article/6026In PDF document text
    • http://www.ldonline.org/article/indepthIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ldonline.org/article/c672/In PDF document text
    • http://www.aplustutorsoft.com/ViewInteractiveMathOnline.jspIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsbvi.edu/publicationsIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/sony-fwd-32lx2-tvs-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/sony-cxs-gt5416f-car-receivers-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-bharatpur-inheritance.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/toyota-rav4-audio-system-diagram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-empowering-women-gift-collection.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/sub-zero-appliance-user-guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/solutions-4-protein-shakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/suzuki-motorcycles-repair-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/toyota-celica-gt4-4wd-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/treasures-of-the-nile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scribd.com/document/327948225/Statistics-Test-Bank-Solutions-ManualIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apastyle.org/products/index.aspxIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apastyle.org/manual/index.aspxIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/help/infoguides/apa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northsouth.edu/In PDF document text
    • http://webassign.net/In PDF document text
    • http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4200066.aspxIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apa.org/pubs/index.aspxIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/index.aspxIn PDF document text
    • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/In PDF document text
    • https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/In PDF document text
    • https://www.coursera.org/browseIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Construction+Specifications+Writing%3A+Principles+and+Procedures%2C+6th+Edition-p-9780470380369In PDF document text
    • https://www.wiley.com/en-us/General+%26+Introductory+Architecture/Building+Design-c-AR20In PDF document text
    • https://www.nctm.org/standards/In PDF document text
    • https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-life-sentence-definition-length-statistics.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://study.com/academy/lesson/prison-violence-types-causes-statistics.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bls.gov/k12/In PDF document text
    • http://www.apta.org/ICD10/FAQ/In PDF document text
    • http://www.apta.org/Payment/In PDF document text
    • http://www.apta.org/Payment/CodingBilling/In PDF document text
    • http://rapidshare.com/In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=617350In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839&CLCID=0409In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=246338&CLCID=0409In PDF document text
    • https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=868922In PDF document text
    +3 more URL(s)

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000052b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x52B2 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 06a6e910285222bcc60514a8815cb255ad1032ee33ed5795651a138ff661d515
font_01_sfnt_off0000747b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x747B 7556 bytes
SHA-256: 91fe521df97c375d95bf53a8287c6e45858f0f2d68b58855875a6501d62bda59