Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cb1304d0d4d3043…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.6 KB Created: 2020-11-30 12:36:40 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 54e6ddf1e677050c0e55d53d9e14f359 SHA-1: ea5f293af385a508b5d3750aabc82e0a13bba6ae SHA-256: 7cb1304d0d4d30435d6fce357d0492df28aa556750d93f558ddb538306b11ec5
232 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF employs a common phishing tactic by presenting an image-based lure, designed to entice users into clicking a link. This link redirects to a known malicious infrastructure, which in turn leads to a link farm containing numerous other PDF documents. This suggests a multi-stage attack aimed at distributing further malicious content or exploiting vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7011

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 50 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://traffmen.ru/aws?utm_term=ajax+form+post+example+jquery
    • https://manajizi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/9/134902852/040c729f6817f3.pdf
    • https://vidimepimexuja.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134626803/8365029.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4380525/normal_5faa868fb2bd6.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4383577/normal_5f9873bd08d53.pdf
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4466413/normal_5fb704e1efc6f.pdf
    • https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fc0d70dc14dfd36fef128e0/t/5fc4970d1972c46e3c2fc707/1606719248362/53592833495.pdf
    • https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fc114532bbd74065807882e/t/5fc3826d4f983757204cef7d/1606648434960/fund_of_physics.pdf
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/midaguvimabof/anisio_teixeira.pdf
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitajemisajoz/sh_phonics_worksheets.pdf
    • https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fbce344be7cfc36344e8aaf/t/5fbe1d8608845d092452ebf2/1606294919235/pre-marital_counselling_guide.pdf
    • https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fc0dda31452f90b7fe53205/t/5fc43db51972c46e3c23f876/1606696374207/neal_math_and_science_academy.pdf
    • https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fbce344be7cfc36344e8aaf/t/5fbd10567ad7de4c64a431dd/1606226008846/16175210004.pdf
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/widiku/dub_city_cars_for_sale.pdf