Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8755effcad20b1b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.6 KB Created: 2020-05-21 13:32:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: a76988778b502e2e6162ca29e7367e20 SHA-1: 4dc3d64f7e8a1bd89d648482b28430a2af792fb5 SHA-256: 8755effcad20b1b45ddf52ca5fda12f889d2294a026999d362d136c80c7c7955
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links to other PDF files hosted across numerous domains, indicating a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of numerous algorithmically generated URLs further supports a malicious intent, likely to drive traffic or distribute further content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://proust21.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636807/131636807.html#curing+a+yeast+infection+syndrome+fo
    • http://a-m-yoga.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131483343/denel.pdf
    • http://mcgeeautomation.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775195/a9496a42f.pdf
    • http://nloilfield.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130436399/dorani.pdf
    • http://abroad4.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814510/xikodewibaketaw_neladog_bibelum.pdf
    • http://annettesheavenlybreads.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130323175/besupu.pdf
    • http://eastbaypsychotherapycollaborative.org/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621426/3686169.pdf
    • http://ravisant.net/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380399/xelijarufogu.pdf
    • http://mattyryan.us/uploads/1/3/0/5/130551073/josuniwidi.pdf
    • http://pipersburgerbar.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130379074/1622939.pdf
    • http://ratedtemps.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130271067/misuvo.pdf
    • http://pinkgellacnailpolish.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130774966/mezoloseluzatijivox.pdf
    • http://louisecoteartistepeintre.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131857252/6bba045.pdf
    • http://clearviewmedicalsolutions.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639877/cba7eb0b05da8c.pdf
    • http://bouldenscience.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130291030/kafazufup_diziduvuzine_soxizojibuwodi_jitewabexili.pdf
    • http://engecom.net/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621859/e14b9adbda.pdf
    • http://ppy.life/uploads/1/3/1/4/131482976/geregovom_bexil.pdf
    • http://grantspreneur.org/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604871/vukiratugafujamonuwo.pdf
    • http://a1bakerysupplies.net/uploads/1/3/0/2/130274166/7bb197efc83.pdf
    • http://axtllc.org/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620614/73749e6.pdf
    • http://sunsetsbeach.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476597/gotakebiwoxax-jafawetejowip.pdf
    • http://autumnbasinger.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738806/3300952.pdf
    • http://lildoughnys.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621646/5324179.pdf
    • http://viperfishentertainment.net/uploads/1/3/1/4/131452887/sijapimu_dibaze_monexatugalegam_jidoz.pdf
    • http://highonyoga.co/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379301/1642498.pdf
    • http://blakedroesch.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776123/xibifegu.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • 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/
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00007ebb.bin
90ee1a425e4a41ec0de5cbd3c696868fc006d4e8b936511b3ea724de913cb918
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7EBB 10368 bytes