Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b68173e0a4a33624…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.2 KB Created: 2020-03-17 12:40:35 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.1.4 (via Qt 4.8.6) First seen: 2020-09-24
MD5: 6186fd0c76ee264d389d123eae67399c SHA-1: c33bd3476cf9e361abb4031565d6abedd09704cc SHA-256: b68173e0a4a336247a95fb89ecbf224d72623cb43de140a073191c39974809c8
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded external links, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. These links point to various PDF files hosted on different domains, suggesting a link farm or content distribution scheme. The primary purpose appears to be SEO manipulation or directing users to potentially malicious content hosted externally. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • 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://thehappygirlstore.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639036/130639036.html#propiedades+fisicas+quimicas+extensivas+e+intensivas PDF link annotation
    • http://cabinetdekinesitherapielecerfsonia.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739316/60784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tierisch-tragbar.de/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739607/lamolubojomokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hostmaster.burnsidecentre.org.uk/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621206/jozip-soretej-vapijupuwezerax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.organizeyoureveryday.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130546457/feruwewonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.braintreeceramics.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639764/lobevulewetu_bukogot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rrresults.com/uploads/1/3/0/4/130483230/zonako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonathanecollins.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130379803/459651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leukemiafoundationofaz.org/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604615/gapixupun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eiastudio.net/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776363/8768402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machomama.net/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620536/lotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lucanina.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969408/61abdce8c8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.kaai10.nl/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969177/6347013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vapenenergy.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130640174/2139442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpacedietitian.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775623/4254d60951739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supremeservices.org/uploads/1/3/0/4/130488736/101896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinadmtl.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739533/7656754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hostmaster.helengregorycoaching.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130604949/daxurapiviku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.providenceplantationluxury.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621006/nunefepimemisimag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabuto.net/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739070/lesal-vonoles-bajixigiw-butop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://route128vineyards.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873997/9430464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.throggsneckmall.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639914/9405151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekookas.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873855/fekemimod-sapekatag-wogufes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.bnbgurus.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130289789/9083617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpanel.cornishswimacademy.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639709/6447479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotcomltd.epm3ltd.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130640059/nigumawuja-xowunolukanedup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
🗂 Part of campaign: mikesrefinishing.com 3 samples

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000078c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x78C9 8828 bytes
SHA-256: ecc3abe706588279416756db81c39e7df04083cd208c331194b236ae8f525dd7