Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc4246c644a90a6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.1 KB Created: 2018-06-11 09:18:53 -04:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.4 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2020-09-24
MD5: eba82ac9ef313fad32d520a0d52cef10 SHA-1: 086842ee0e9a8448681b54ed0a7229495b072c1c SHA-256: cc4246c644a90a6acea57f469a593095b8e3a9b3f9db750df3f69731521f5add
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded URLs that point to a suspicious domain, suggesting an attempt to trick the user into downloading a malicious file. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9395

Heuristics 4

  • Fake 'free download' SEO-poisoning PDF critical PDF_SEO_FAKE_DOWNLOAD
    The ML classifier flagged this PDF AND it carries a visual download/call-to-action lure AND an off-domain server-side download-gateway link whose query string names a document payload. This three-signal conjunction is the fake-document / 'free PDF download' SEO-poisoning delivery pattern: the page is padded with benign decoy links to dilute classifier scores while funnelling the victim through the gateway to malware/scareware. Acting only on the conjunction keeps benign download-bearing PDFs from being misflagged.
  • PDF carries a PHP-gateway SEO-spam PDF link farm medium PDF_SEO_PHP_GATEWAY_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains four or more clickable links whose target is a `.php` gateway with a multi-word search-PHRASE document slug embedded after it (e.g. 'index.php?.../binary+options+trading+nz.pdf' or 'pdf.php/cialis-dosage-side-effects.pdf'). Legitimate PHP-served documents use a filename or numeric id, not a search-query phrase, so this is the generated SEO link-farm shape — pharma / binary-options / 'free download' spam that ranks for queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • 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
  • 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://uncpbisdegree.com/download3.php?q=sesame-st-elmo-1-2-zoo-sesame-street-foam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=sesame-st-elmo-1-2-zoo-sesame-street-foam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.funtober.com/festivals/newjersey/In PDF document text
    • https://www.sandytoesandpopsicles.com/orange-county/things-to-do-with-teens/In PDF document text
    • https://www.sandytoesandpopsicles.com/orange-county/101-things-to-do-with-kids/In PDF document text
    • http://www.toystolearnby.com/authentication?back=my-account.phpIn PDF document text
    • https://eng.ohmyfiesta.com/2014/05/ben-10-free-printable-kit.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://eng.ohmyfiesta.com/search/label/PurseIn PDF document text
    • https://eng.ohmyfiesta.com/search/label/toppersIn PDF document text
    • https://eng.ohmyfiesta.com/search/label/wrappersIn PDF document text
    • https://www.google.co.in/In PDF document text
    • http://jujaitaly.net/In PDF document text
    • http://fukuokajapan.loan/Zamboanga-Philippines/Zamboanga-Philippines-ky.phpIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/variable-dc-power-supply-circuit-diagram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/vespa-50-s.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/the-golf-book-twenty-years-of-the-players-shots-and-moments-that-changed-the-game.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/vhl-french-2-answers.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/what-great-principals-do-differently-15-things-that-matter-most-todd-whitaker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/ssd-1-exam-1-answers.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/test-bank-accounting-principles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/www-birthday-cards-design-com.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/who-was-romulus-and-remus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/surgical-anatomy-of-the-internal-carotid-artery-an-atlas-for-skull-base-surgeons.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_HensonIn PDF document text
    • https://detroit.craigslist.org/search/baaIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amazon.com/home-garden-kitchen-furniture-bedding/b?node=1055398In PDF document text
    • http://www.orientaltrading.com/dr--seuss-a1-90000+1194-1.fltrIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orientaltrading.com/party-supplies/party-tableware/sale-a1-551213+1604-1.fltrIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orientaltrading.com/party-supplies-a1-551135.fltrIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orientaltrading.com/party-supplies/party-tableware-a1-551213.fltrIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidzsearch.com/kidztube/In PDF document text
    • https://www.minube.com/In PDF document text
    • https://cartwheel.target.com/#In PDF document text
    • https://y.qq.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-US&dl=en&lp=ZH-CHS_EN&a=https%3a%2f%2fy.qq.com%2fIn PDF document text
    • http://music.163.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-US&dl=en&lp=ZH-CHS_EN&a=http%3a%2f%2fmusic.163.com%2fIn PDF document text
    • https://www.youtube.com/resultsIn PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839&CLCID=0409In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=246338&CLCID=0409In PDF document text
    • https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=868922In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=286759&CLCID=409In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=617297In PDF document text
    • https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiberationFontLicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00004b52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4B52 9956 bytes
SHA-256: 2f5677a86cb1d3218e82db36f36fdf7e03a739c2e2effa44ec5b1d418247856c
font_01_sfnt_off00006b23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B23 6820 bytes
SHA-256: 4721366db5d7fe69e17723f962927f74b62f19389255b8169d2c4a03068af804