Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c78fc59630526b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.6 KB Authoring application: Smallpdf Desktop
MD5: e8524ea529d3c34e38f9bc137e3428dd SHA-1: e1766aba4d8cc2f51b5e46c8404ec6646210f8a2 SHA-256: 5c78fc59630526b7cc34b079a906b1f35986580693a767d7ab0d39f3a4b343ed
152 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. The primary attack pattern observed is the presence of a large number of embedded external links, identified as a 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM'. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the embedded URLs suggest a phishing or redirection attempt, likely to distribute further malware or lead users to malicious websites. The document body contains garbled text and some URLs, reinforcing the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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://ingeniouspictures.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130483337/ad28b4e.pdf
    • http://redbrickpro.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130540021/3407785.pdf
    • http://dev.moabgear.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130588843/3375805.pdf
    • http://oratert.host/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776447/9384279.pdf
    • http://capitolhillclubmembers.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604894/rewefasejozasedivub.pdf
    • http://meredithbledsoephd.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130272577/xibadejusibi.pdf
    • http://swag-walk.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775923/taboli.pdf
    • http://northmiresouces.org/uploads/1/3/0/4/130435850/77ddd5.pdf
    • http://thehot-boxcompany.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130543837/3937f0d.pdf
    • http://shapenv.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776078/d817eb477b36.pdf
    • http://rrrtag.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130379118/zifonamusezotis_rirolidamidat_jojolo_megupamizupib.pdf
    • http://wiredweird.net/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639781/c3b6d09b9c5d7.pdf
    • http://greshambankruptcyattorney.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130287314/3442422.pdf
    • http://akakeb.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621248/zizevavufegenabuguw.pdf
    • http://designsbydorian.biz/uploads/1/3/0/2/130273980/labevan.pdf
    • http://therightpickguitarlessons.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604737/wegejopakopim.pdf
    • http://neucareers.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130323253/dofixaki-dipamigomolur.pdf
    • http://pineapplecoffeeandtea.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130379902/soxewunipovovaradek.pdf
    • http://shanleighhair.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621918/kovuta.pdf
    • http://uberscrudu.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739210/96c1b5879f9.pdf
    • http://moonlight.gffgrow.org/uploads/1/3/0/6/130640081/zebaz.pdf
    • http://camptexas.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130489386/5294547.pdf
    • http://nudevember.net/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604181/lurutegigutalu_riripulup.pdf
    • http://mrjohnmiddleton.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130379412/6164130.pdf
    • http://kcdermodywriter.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130544295/5824780.pdf
    • http://www.oceansexperiment.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130603965/130603965.html#dallas+airport+map+terminal+c+to+b

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000129b.bin
94fd3860007b11b51f101969b485b7d2166885416b0018f1f6b25bf688a3ce7d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129B 8632 bytes