Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bb8d69b15ddc6bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2020-03-15 15:49:25 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.1.4 (via Qt 4.8.6)
MD5: 999520cec62df602269fa2acf28f359e SHA-1: 676c1a344c9cf416c2aee524b0db50ea9be63c08 SHA-256: 9bb8d69b15ddc6bd77505368457af4a4618a20f240e14f76c7fe129b815a198b
92 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic, pointing to various PDF files hosted on different domains. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The document body contains a seemingly innocuous title along with the PDF generation tool information, but the primary malicious activity appears to be the distribution of numerous external links, likely to distribute malware or engage in SEO spam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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://host209.carmichaelnl.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070971/131070971.html#good+morning+photos++hd+free+2019
    • http://serveathon.net/uploads/1/3/0/5/130551526/wiluxirigesobelalipa.pdf
    • http://mississippi-ted.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130291358/rewaratifo.pdf
    • http://forgelouisville.net/uploads/1/3/0/2/130271031/daxujusipu.pdf
    • http://zerbuki.space/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476143/wodoto_komipag_tubamaxa.pdf
    • http://thefamilyfunband.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776571/ac9617f12.pdf
    • http://www.cambridgelocksmithservice.co.uk/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776331/gokevo-rurixemiso-dajexoma-zekip.pdf
    • http://turnerfamilynz.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775009/1405138.pdf
    • http://maritimeinsurancebroker.net/uploads/1/3/0/4/130477468/tigiwepoz.pdf
    • http://abigail-smith-illustration.co.uk/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738994/saxubirar.pdf
    • http://tennisbuddy4u.org/uploads/1/3/0/4/130483086/e636c51558258f.pdf
    • http://stbrendansreds.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604476/kunupap.pdf
    • http://coastalequipmentrental.org/uploads/1/3/0/3/130313114/fufewikugemo-sejabalod.pdf
    • http://surfbeat.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130542859/nezisuravan_pozetalubixava.pdf
    • http://www.peakscentre.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130551143/6562177.pdf
    • http://www.hightribecannabis.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738874/c58abe58dc.pdf
    • http://brickartist.shop/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813497/lapupi.pdf
    • http://www.ccitpl.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130544138/wogeginagademek.pdf
    • http://lawyerforathletes.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130483295/vekazaboju_nolodi_womerinurudu_lonuresikis.pdf
    • http://josephineshaw.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130313213/tavudotepef.pdf
    • http://mimismushrooms.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130603836/vuperedivu_xorud_tipotizowujibo_bitowaziparaguz.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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00007bdd.bin
cd1ff72a969b8caec6707986e4418465ec96ccc1129c3fe6debefcc69960d191
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7BDD 7768 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009a09.bin
779aa567746046747dac965df7fdfb06ff632674a0a99ce247a327bf89f0fa63
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9A09 16036 bytes