Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47858f884b30b60c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.3 KB Authoring application: Adobe PDF Library 9.0
MD5: 48f7893759ea5309db7a13f0bae399c5 SHA-1: 7baaa211c464d58fba09287b5233a6f825f15909 SHA-256: 47858f884b30b60c0c66838406885d129feacd2f9256ddb1a273fc2af8a35d46
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links to external PDF files hosted across multiple domains. This behavior is indicative of a link farm, often used for SEO manipulation or to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0' further supports a malicious intent, likely related to phishing or traffic redirection.

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0
  • 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://alexjanderson.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130544539/1072226.pdf
    • http://optoutattorneys.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130588802/kegaziv.pdf
    • http://stlukeseucharist.org/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604342/xafijumufu.pdf
    • http://mountyhorseandsports.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130436258/433fc9.pdf
    • http://affectedfilms.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130543158/temukek_fozuxipi_zivajosoropon.pdf
    • http://mapletreemw.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620364/719896.pdf
    • http://insidethebeltline.net/uploads/1/3/0/3/130323465/6595596.pdf
    • http://theknittingroom.co.uk/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639110/tuguw.pdf
    • http://rejuvenatedsoul.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130483757/d4898e55624b48.pdf
    • http://richardsonplumb.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639074/9334833.pdf
    • http://mountain-plumbing.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130605254/5734391.pdf
    • http://michaudwellness.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130622077/130622077.html#interface+and+abstract+class+python

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000012b5.bin
90a4a33c1fe7d407175eb300eb27e8055ae5538753fb26e88fba0a7576d4f2b5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B5 8756 bytes