Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a165c784429e9ae3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.6 KB Authoring application: Serif PagePlus
MD5: 5360d45153763716db785c3688248dcb SHA-1: fbe5c42d110781e6cd0817a816b96fdf806067a4 SHA-256: a165c784429e9ae373f11df522acbb63178b41eb9367ee0965cab61ea0a4c28c
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded external links, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0' further indicates malicious intent, likely related to phishing or traffic generation. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to a link farm, which is a common tactic for SEO poisoning or distributing further malicious content.

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://www.listenheariam.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130605383/7b93d.pdf
    • http://recordingstudiospokane.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620963/200429.pdf
    • http://nlxcakes.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130477335/nitud.pdf
    • http://www.zakbenhaddadmusic.co.uk/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814058/6140774.pdf
    • http://ahemartcollective.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130488833/e52d44060ca8.pdf
    • http://marshallsewell.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639446/3330225.pdf
    • http://pistoncleaner.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130313429/miguzatebo_jitagiteta_gibefidivak_vawekelixin.pdf
    • http://letuscallforyou.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130590108/jofusabegaboz.pdf
    • http://www.frenchyscorner.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604401/da9e29b8c724a3.pdf
    • http://annseifullah.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621634/jikesawikit-kovora.pdf
    • http://maconwebdesign.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639396/rewib_datikuxom.pdf
    • http://shopfloorwindow.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620677/bofiwudozifexojulidu.pdf
    • http://ctande.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814176/kidifobaj.pdf
    • http://www.pierceforum.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969242/vunirikofaviral-janadugavotunis-mudibivo.pdf
    • http://microweddingsnyc.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739678/siragesevaporira.pdf
    • http://1lbr5v.salon225.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639178/130639178.html#cuestionario+de+afrontamiento+al+estr%C3%A9s+%28cae%29
    • http://www.frenchyscorner.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604401/da9e29

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00003814.bin
170baacae46b829d58560ad6c824a030b0bc30379f90a57366963d6305db9231
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3814 9164 bytes