Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a098b04389af7e85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Authoring application: SWFTools
MD5: 9d1f34d830beb65275e7d42ccd4e98a6 SHA-1: c86160466ddacc8f5a8a26fc1b5f7dec88769c46 SHA-256: a098b04389af7e85570ab4e626c6b8f210862c041e739a96fb681ef4305a2f06
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic, pointing to various domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate maliciousness, specifically as a phishing or traffic-driving tool. The embedded URLs suggest a campaign to direct users to a network of sites, likely for SEO manipulation or to host further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0
  • 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://kittenconvict.net/uploads/1/3/0/4/130483273/8699553.pdf
    • http://mail.jacidepuydt.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130436173/vomomosezo.pdf
    • http://bonafidecertified.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130603673/kiwes.pdf
    • http://kwhitewc.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775539/1841670.pdf
    • http://electricgatesnwa.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130605384/1312073.pdf
    • http://thesimplechristian.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130435803/fedujejotofum_gatopufopef_fasine.pdf
    • http://mesheracapital.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130313500/ruwulugesejububu.pdf
    • http://alchemy-designstudio.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740462/3236529.pdf
    • http://mindregard.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130270979/jivoxivikikodu_fojibiragoku_vefalibilow_lazona.pdf
    • http://mixmatchsnackattack.net/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740054/963375.pdf
    • http://dotdot.tech/uploads/1/3/0/3/130313198/liduxezuvilekafuduvu.pdf
    • http://smartmoves.info/uploads/1/3/0/6/130605182/tixejutagaf-funobonuxo-netofuzuwoninab-xexamejefob.pdf
    • http://konect2us.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604869/709ebec6682db4a.pdf
    • http://signalhill.com.au/uploads/1/3/0/3/130313049/9630994.pdf
    • http://threesixfivemyanmar.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130488590/modonowixe_rofavepawasi_jipaputasoluwan_tozivapanopem.pdf
    • http://new2ufashions.net/uploads/1/3/0/5/130539795/derafatom.pdf
    • http://jminguet.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130491594/9f6a15ea71.pdf
    • http://cherrybrokers.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620620/wubumasaxis.pdf
    • http://ancestryseekers.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738825/lutejededofasowoxoba.pdf
    • http://vietnam-responsibletravel.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874136/7961821.pdf
    • http://nshslibrary.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739627/modovawufejetedubok.pdf
    • http://noosateardropflags.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776221/d2e4bd42eb614.pdf
    • http://nimueart.com.au/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604644/09592e3.pdf
    • http://x0113675xstreamtravel.xsideas.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620952/130620952.html#itext+7+html+string+to+pdf

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_001_off00004b72.bin
0bcd58cae2ff3ea4e280d313c3ee62c62dedebcc8a2791ea5d3934c70eab3b16
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4B72 63656 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107b3.bin
4b12e683827bbe89366b7afb4b2484ec38b3198ba98b9f7b299b12cce508c411
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B3 8212 bytes