Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 466282845516b885…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2020-10-08 02:44:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-20
MD5: 9eca773d67cd9fed98810da3d3e1fbc3 SHA-1: 4003e8c0ba9e3333ff3d1d4237154e099dc08f27 SHA-256: 466282845516b8855ce1fa3a5b4c3bbf153ebbcc2871a83245fa12eac59db823
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document contains a large number of embedded links pointing to external PDF files hosted on various disposable domains. One of the links, 'https://cctraff.ru/strik?keyword=qu%25C3%25A9+era+la+causa+de+muerte+de+james', is identified as a malicious redirector. The document's structure and the nature of the links suggest it is designed to lead users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://cctraff.ru/strik?keyword=qu%25C3%25A9+era+la+causa+de+muerte+de+james In PDF document text
    • http://tinisage.serialrunner.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738511/pewisavow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kavoga.cheytalks.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740572/powukosogojenonoxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jizokoni.jpknightsmovie.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969808/xosapalemajelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.cliftonmcfate.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712315/7948829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.engagingnh.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406798/gatep-tasokegar-mosekudubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xewexog.educationalpsychologisttherapy.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813364/9f0456e1a46d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dawodopi.lynn-gustafson.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738799/2bba4ffeb2e217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.carpenterartist.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164479/6135072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rodid.myhaydenisland.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776208/vunugu_kelarurekito_zapokuvavofato_poboxolapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juzifugul.applelenses.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453109/munavomisegulilox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.overzealous.ca/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740204/1806677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/6f97bb9f-98d2-43e1-b72a-8f9e83a9135e/26631446303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/cb5b0696-07bd-4339-bd9c-a6bb48caa81f/49508082916.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000104e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E2 4980 bytes
SHA-256: e19f660ed832a92b9f6acb1afd99a2875e4fed2cca7518910542fb8dfff6a40d
font_01_sfnt_off00011598.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11598 11924 bytes
SHA-256: a3e9eb2bb0ed9c2476786fd9620f08392501b0503efac183e0723e963380e073
font_02_sfnt_off00013c99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C99 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 1158d95dac44631f497756703988ba3645251422e7ff0015d3fca430225e7c3e