Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a00aacb2b15bd630…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.6 KB Created: 2020-03-14 15:20:34 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.1.4 (via Qt 4.8.6)
MD5: 86a247cf548b4cbd5c0b82076c8a77af SHA-1: 91fe8e14df938ca7fc9dfbb74f0320caa65af268 SHA-256: a00aacb2b15bd6307143e9f57d2e85b6b51775e49f67d5acb88e1f7492b34515
62 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded links to external PDF files hosted on various domains. This behavior is indicative of a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic, potentially used to distribute malicious content or drive traffic to compromised sites. No scripts were extracted, and the document body is largely unreadable binary data, limiting further analysis of the specific payload.

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://aboveboardseo.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130550969/130550969.html#please+find+below+the+information+requested+regarding
    • http://alabamacoastalfoundation.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130436519/e0f7761a.pdf
    • http://nwrealtybrokers.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620669/4827318.pdf
    • http://phenioxengum.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130774977/fezizilijotasobiwa.pdf
    • http://andywrightscholarship.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130435639/wakuronawuxu.pdf
    • http://singletaryslogistics.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813650/pudinalu.pdf
    • http://www.reagan-davis-photography.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130287817/vinak-kosofu.pdf
    • http://missmillersclassroom.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130605358/jetitisovabupit.pdf
    • http://sureshmenonphotography.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130272421/6221074.pdf
    • http://content.red2green.org/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969306/ledejowigotukup-nikazekuxonagoz-kawemovag-xafusama.pdf
    • http://pedaaleducation.org/uploads/1/3/0/4/130483155/degofoduniv.pdf
    • http://rolandv.net/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476442/3061482.pdf
    • http://hempworldms.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130379142/sezuni_pexoki_gujilofi_fesapixunawigef.pdf
    • http://acostaink.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130287930/d80986b368d53a.pdf
    • http://wazyshairsalon.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621874/7960994.pdf
    • http://cegapaversinc.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476385/xafun-vuzotikev-lotikisivupa.pdf
    • http://phraseologychoir.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620280/zamef-todumukag-gizuful.pdf
    • http://zootsuitriotshistoryday.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604257/2173484.pdf
    • http://morethanamemoryphotos.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621272/6060433.pdf
    • http://kithara.org.au/uploads/1/3/1/1/131163613/feralugazojepapun.pdf
    • http://molexastucco.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130270958/3980940.pdf
    • http://harlembike.fr/uploads/1/3/0/2/130289765/dilanavedetopi-jugedokelafore-vosuneto-joxuroj.pdf
    • http://creammicofficial.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620650/a197911f7ad4dd3.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_off00007581.bin
75e7963d48ed47c17f0aeeafa6ae27157332ebfd337dd29d554c9872fc71483b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7581 7896 bytes