Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6cd086127390c82b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.7 KB Created: 2020-04-05 08:39:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.1.4 (via Qt 4.8.6)
MD5: 5a18a8dffabb7000ea23438cfcc10be9 SHA-1: 53d605cd8814e5a100b8c63bb25f44b38d7875da SHA-256: 6cd086127390c82b9e1c6f7d7b50119a267ae421020d7d5d0e09561a4be61994
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links to other PDF files hosted on various domains, identified as a 'PDF SEO Link Farm'. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were extracted, the sheer volume of outbound links suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content through a link farm, potentially leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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 http://myokgeneralstore.info/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383258/131383258.html#ejemplos+de+los+cambios+fisicos+y+quimicos+de+la+materia
    • http://hillcountrysheds.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130968992/c1be33514a.pdf
    • http://theaffablebear.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775978/5387180.pdf
    • http://corinthianscenter.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739876/bowakikepono-rakulokofedab-dosomadez-famow.pdf
    • http://flavorestmarket.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639837/2175735.pdf
    • http://zitomerlawoffices.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775398/pesilenabebedafovi.pdf
    • http://yqzzy.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130640142/kagawuwap-xesekezum.pdf
    • http://beachsack.net/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969116/3870803.pdf
    • http://jairosoler.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131163930/3617760.pdf
    • http://raysfinelinens.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164218/zimefebituligojuve.pdf
    • http://scottsdalerealestateconference.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130546243/6708854.pdf
    • http://liveshenvalley.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620475/degoneduzixaneb-manepokaril.pdf
    • http://kitdr.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130289754/masatetu.pdf
    • http://kaitlinjonesdesign.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380666/tuxokafise.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00006e41.bin
56bbaa9ef910968887fe850e754c1c94a759e3931e235c8325339ed56a321a64
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E41 7960 bytes