Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 846f389fe2950848…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2018-06-11 09:09:52 -04:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.4 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2020-09-24
MD5: aec70644dfa0c73e777dd9965dbc1ee3 SHA-1: af33c6e24da0ba7ae2868e52a5e7ff90ab76c514 SHA-256: 846f389fe2950848278be3753b4ca80efa5d581c66d401ce5c2f0785089903e7
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded URLs and document body text that mimic search results for educational materials, directing users to download3.php and download4.php on uncpbisdegree.com. This is a common SEO poisoning tactic to trick users into downloading malicious files, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_FAKE_DOWNLOAD' and 'PDF_SEO_PHP_GATEWAY_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier also flagged the PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8829

Heuristics 4

  • Fake 'free download' SEO-poisoning PDF critical PDF_SEO_FAKE_DOWNLOAD
    The ML classifier flagged this PDF AND it carries a visual download/call-to-action lure AND an off-domain server-side download-gateway link whose query string names a document payload. This three-signal conjunction is the fake-document / 'free PDF download' SEO-poisoning delivery pattern: the page is padded with benign decoy links to dilute classifier scores while funnelling the victim through the gateway to malware/scareware. Acting only on the conjunction keeps benign download-bearing PDFs from being misflagged.
  • PDF carries a PHP-gateway SEO-spam PDF link farm medium PDF_SEO_PHP_GATEWAY_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains four or more clickable links whose target is a `.php` gateway with a multi-word search-PHRASE document slug embedded after it (e.g. 'index.php?.../binary+options+trading+nz.pdf' or 'pdf.php/cialis-dosage-side-effects.pdf'). Legitimate PHP-served documents use a filename or numeric id, not a search-query phrase, so this is the generated SEO link-farm shape — pharma / binary-options / 'free download' spam that ranks for queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://uncpbisdegree.com/download3.php?q=solutions-2nd-edition-pre-intermediate-progress-test-key.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=solutions-2nd-edition-pre-intermediate-progress-test-key.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phschool.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.bibme.org/In PDF document text
    • http://www.bg-sex.tv/In PDF document text
    • https://www.gl.com/productlist.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.classzone.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/tests.htmIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siba-modelle.de/In PDF document text
    • http://concordspedpac.org/TypesTests.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://qpsinc.com/training-calendar/In PDF document text
    • https://www.railstutorial.org/In PDF document text
    • http://www.dfi.org/publications.aspIn PDF document text
    • http://www.internationalsped.com/documents/entireIn PDF document text
    • http://www.natap.org/hcv.htmIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morningside.com/news/In PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-tin-horse-janice-steinberg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/soundstream-tra560-2-car-amplifiers-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/south-western-accounting-answer-key.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/understanding-operating-systems-6th-edition-solutions.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-prize-the-epic-quest-for-oil-money-and-power.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/sylvania-smpk8858-user-guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-mole-chapter-answer-key.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-big-chariot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/ssc-cpo-exam-2012-answer-key.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-holcroft-covenant-robert-ludlum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wbdg.org/In PDF document text
    • http://www.studyisland.com/In PDF document text
    • https://www.nasdaq.com/news/In PDF document text
    • https://mobirise.com/In PDF document text
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComplexityIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scribd.com/document/364568744/Saunders-Comprehensive-Review-for-the-Nclex-rn-Examination-7th-Edition-pdf-2In PDF document text
    • http://www.academia.edu/27111303/Materials_Science_and_Engineering_an_Introduction_9th_edition_-_By_William_D._Callister_Jr._and_David_G._Rethwisch_TextbookIn PDF document text
    • http://www.academia.edu/15273562/Basic_Econometrics_5th_Edition_by_Damodar_N._Gujarati_and_Dawn_C._Porter_In PDF document text
    • https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.internationalsped.com%2Fdocuments%2Fentire%2520issue%2520vol26%2520n.%25202.docIn PDF document text
    • https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibroIn PDF document text
    • https://www.udc.es/bibliotecaIn PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=617350In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839&CLCID=0409In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=246338&CLCID=0409In PDF document text
    • https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=868922In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=286759&CLCID=409In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=617297In PDF document text
    • https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiberationFontLicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00004e43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4E43 10596 bytes
SHA-256: a1d77b924902698e3d7ee60ff8ef79bd80a67ed3f4885a3a98a044f7626d96ab
font_01_sfnt_off00006fda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6FDA 7408 bytes
SHA-256: fcc8480764bbc012d59a9c090ed24fb7c4930d2c3222b0faabfce5c15beca4fd