Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6245e1636ca2fa2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.6 KB Created: 2020-05-28 13:05:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 31452467cd174d0483698af9242d50c8 SHA-1: e84a35d1cd0f1b770b4f8800c47622c9ce5bb43f SHA-256: 6245e1636ca2fa2a969dfb0fb133091f2c44c2f284910d37787fe6c8b02eac29
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, typical for phishing or malware distribution. It contains numerous external links, including one that appears to be a direct link to an HTML file, suggesting a redirection to a malicious site. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious verdict, and the presence of embedded URLs indicates an attempt to lead the user to external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9876

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 16 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://art8light.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130488829/130488829.html#ballerina+body+type
    • http://greencowgirls.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130323936/pupuxexelubedufiv.pdf
    • http://shift-coach.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873957/9169083.pdf
    • http://breadaddiction.info/uploads/1/3/0/4/130488294/fotozejosib.pdf
    • http://aggressivedrivingclub.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131069753/c03ba73d54e.pdf
    • http://medicalimagingshop.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398025/jeluravewafaj.pdf
    • http://germscd.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813740/jiwewenuzevemi.pdf