Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21e6d4cac1c58299…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.1 KB Created: 2018-06-11 08:59:24 -04:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.4 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2020-09-24
MD5: 71eb19e912256b4388569a1db9f70201 SHA-1: 3a1d918cab4d80d63dd788723b60a07d90d8c93d SHA-256: 21e6d4cac1c58299cb84091015f80c3fada8fd2d8b8383bd58fdc51458b01dfe
130 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9519

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=trane-integrated-comfort-system-thermostat-manual.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=trane-integrated-comfort-system-thermostat-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread.php?793362-Trane-Integrated-Comfort-System-ManualIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hvacrecalls.com/In PDF document text
    • https://inspectapedia.com/heat/HVAC-Manuals-Air-Conditioners-Boiler-Furnaces-T-Z.phpIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pickhvac.com/central-air-conditioner/armstrong/In PDF document text
    • https://asm-air.com/airconditioning/trane-vs-carrier-air-conditioner-review-the-definitive-ac-review/In PDF document text
    • http://www.americancoolingandheating.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/22-1861-01.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gbes.com/free-gbci-ce-continuing-education-courses-hours/In PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/sherpath-evolve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/slick2d-game-development.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/una-vida-consagrada-a-la-paz-sun-myung-moon-su-autobiograf-a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-commonwealth-scholarship.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-french-country-garden-new-growth-on-old-roots.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/succubus-blues-georgina-kincaid-1-richelle-mead.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-clockwork-scarab-stoker-amp-holmes-1-colleen-gleason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-queen-who-saved-her-people-purim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/sepura-stp8000-user-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/sheltering-hearts-virgin-river-111-robyn-carr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/manual/840584/Trane-Zustatalp510.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/brand/trane/temperature-controller.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/products/Trane-Zustatalp510-3630004.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/manual/181056/Trane-Wsc060-120.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/brand/trane/In PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/brand/trane/heat-pump.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/products/Trane-Wsc060-120-408499.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trane.com/download/equipmentpdfs/pkgpprc003en.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trane.com/download/equipmentpdfs/rtprc017en_r4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-YTH8320ZW1007-Enabled-Programmable-Thermostat/dp/B005EJ7YO2In PDF document text
    • https://www.amazon.com/thermostat/b?ie=UTF8&node=495354In PDF document text
    • https://www.amazon.com/programmable-thermostats/b?ie=UTF8&node=2054378011In PDF document text
    • https://www.homeadvisor.com/cost/heating-and-cooling/In PDF document text
    • https://www.homeadvisor.com/cost/In PDF document text
    • https://www.homeadvisor.com/cost/all-categories/In 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
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=286759&CLCID=409In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=617297In PDF document text
    • https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiberationFontLicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00004727.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4727 9920 bytes
SHA-256: 3ef741f7b365a8d4ed479636cc1e3e26676a07f49d5e58e40c23cbf0d83c82ae
font_01_sfnt_off000066c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x66C3 7172 bytes
SHA-256: a2866f1a1e1d5939b0bb7b8b3bbec5116cfad3d4027cfb45ecb3eeaa89efc031