Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a62172c4a4081a61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.0 KB Created: 2020-03-09 02:58:12 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.1.4 (via Qt 4.8.6)
MD5: bc7355a191de10f2d4c84da0be13400d SHA-1: d69cc2688985b9869b19f2ae048159b50bcef360 SHA-256: a62172c4a4081a6162d0b92be6c4677689576cf6953bfbab90d69b72c3b039e2
70 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to other PDF files, indicating a potential link farm or SEO abuse tactic. One of the embedded URLs, http://smbrandmgt.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130287845/130287845.html#vsdc+video+editor+free+download+with+crack, suggests a lure for downloading software. The presence of a visual download button further supports the deceptive nature of the document.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smbrandmgt.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130287845/130287845.html#vsdc+video+editor+free+download+with+crack
    • http://justinalfond.net/uploads/1/3/0/3/130323190/318470.pdf
    • http://seangaudier.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969209/walewivuw.pdf
    • http://elektrotickets.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130436389/fosunivawumov-gemirofofibanit.pdf
    • http://racycostumes.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639728/1c3ba01.pdf
    • http://jottot.net/uploads/1/3/0/3/130313358/c9e939823af.pdf
    • http://webmail.cascadebga.org/uploads/1/3/0/5/130589366/6343613.pdf
    • http://djspizza1.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738996/jorubenikikufow.pdf
    • http://bantunation.ca/uploads/1/3/0/2/130271114/nepitetulaj.pdf
    • http://chronicwellnessexperts.info/uploads/1/3/0/2/130289397/savonexatulipofuwu.pdf
    • http://www.virtualpresence.ca/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775474/8712091.pdf
    • http://nancyfleuridor.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130436362/9453999.pdf
    • http://chapelhill.plus/uploads/1/3/0/3/130379523/dixijo.pdf
    • http://clairvoyantdarrell.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604111/memifasujimugero.pdf
    • http://jq-photography.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130543050/nomumibup.pdf
    • http://portalindustries.org/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620309/zifonabebaxirete.pdf
    • http://www.battsinthebellfry.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739661/5305490.pdf
    • http://webmail.maulmonsters.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621963/a8321717.pdf
    • http://kylaconner.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604947/7253926.pdf
    • http://lakeholcombe.net/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620693/77091.pdf
    • http://civilwarlady.org/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476412/6024d5723f253.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_off00007c35.bin
7d0004c7968fc32a780cc4194d353cd4775db623921ef99ee62593331259cba3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7C35 7980 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009b41.bin
bb65e153df78154bfd14470754e87ba03df7715f8d52849d071c5334056f3476
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9B41 16096 bytes