Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4160e1203e2669f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.0 KB Created: 2020-10-05 15:23:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-05-22
MD5: 38349858bbbab2310b18442a3f93bf8c SHA-1: 6192ea96fae974422354f1a99a5411258a516ab0 SHA-256: 4160e1203e2669f300a309c4be503c5ba00ae8524fcc026b49a2a9843d4b3c3c
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to disposable domains and acting as a link farm. One of these links, https://ggtraff.ru/pify?keyword=codingbat+java+array+1+answers, is identified as a known malicious redirector. The presence of a 'download button' lure further suggests a malicious intent to trick users into navigating these links. The document's structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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 https://ggtraff.ru/pify?keyword=codingbat+java+array+1+answers In PDF document text
    • http://legalasox.stringalongridgecrest.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681352/topef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boduzasu.longbeachcarpetclean.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739564/6852817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.barbershillyouthsoccer.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738748/buribasabedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobuxav.magicandfun.co/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695569/mulis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nizutafow.kathleencperrin.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874474/doregoduruzazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nariza.edbaylissart.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131454065/riwusumulosad_sawimol_pofabovawo_bunebaripud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.aahsanguilla.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637043/7c2314538be14.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.northwestdogretreat.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406222/9137655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reruzirit.joeyspancake.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712593/c11fd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.orientation.fis.hk/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740424/nuduxexovevepigikipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.pmjeepdepot.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380583/kufimifaroza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawixafo.ikhlastours.co.nz/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303093/9422080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.samuelosterhout.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775516/ximafatezaxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ttbbkk.net/uploads/1/3/1/4/131483454/zavibugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/70ee13cb-0971-4c3f-a59f-b52da32197ea/15711102974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000054b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x54B8 5388 bytes
SHA-256: f3c9b130c0178532645f1e4b2892ab1e1e28983ff522ad28a2fa9cafdbb98d6d
font_01_sfnt_off00006737.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6737 14528 bytes
SHA-256: 022e48beec3ed9282dd110a65573cfa530b01001d532f9a1e8a8714da644f189