Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27758c53b4eb1be2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.9 KB Authoring application: Nitro PDF First seen: 2020-09-07
MD5: 00d78c27bf047157f65c164000d33e84 SHA-1: 718cfdf5cb375202676880048350465c6a14522f SHA-256: 27758c53b4eb1be2ecd7567eb719d3b8bf9d2bba04d41d5c3778060095c0cf0d
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded external links, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness, specifically classifying it as Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains many of these external URLs, reinforcing the finding that the primary function is to redirect users to a link farm. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0
  • 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.
  • 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://esther-schreier.net/uploads/2020/01/28/goxube.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zamatita.etg-store.com/uploads/2020/01/27/soworevomorelowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benosatini.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130547116/4584980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zodi.wellsonlineserviceverifications.biz/uploads/2020/01/29/8363058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mskreslo.ru/uploads/2020/01/27/xavominigivaku-kikafo-jibobef-wodonujiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myamandarogers.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621501/283594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgaterva.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476068/vuwozope-xisezebujide-rufari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datingwebclub.com/uploads/2020/01/27/dikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lthousestudio.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130590154/d8aadbf8068d4c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mississauganations.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476048/fexibujenatefod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenodunow.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476574/xesiluluba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziro.web-delo.icu/uploads/2020/01/28/7849552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vunom.car-tier.com/uploads/2020/01/29/6131775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zufodowi.quran-media.online/uploads/2020/01/28/savenewubaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphamediaagency.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604222/2030577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theleawoodfamilydentist.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604408/130604408.html#photodiode+array+detector+pdfIn PDF document text
🗂 Part of campaign: mskreslo.ru 3 samples

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00001391.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1391 7256 bytes
SHA-256: 3964bf5b6dac13d262661f2bfa7634a71bfea91959ec64a3a064b71b1f2bebe4