Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1ebc3ea0bc6522a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.6 KB Created: 2018-06-11 09:08:15 -04:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.4 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2020-08-25
MD5: ed0422b033db665d93eda71bc3b871b3 SHA-1: 14536cf84f428db0ce14e28ac4533d9e7809227e SHA-256: d1ebc3ea0bc6522a2694d27b8afc5fecc241576a740ed5561a2a40302c13937c
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an external URI pointing to a suspicious domain, suggesting a download lure. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. The presence of a visual download button further supports the deceptive nature of the document, aiming to trick users into downloading potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9340

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=window-on-humanity-a-concise-introduction-to-anthropology.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=window-on-humanity-a-concise-introduction-to-anthropology.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stchas.edu/academics/course-descriptionsIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bookfreek.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.cms.edu/descrip.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.denisdutton.com/bad_writing.htmIn PDF document text
    • http://www.preceptaustin.org/genesis_commentariesIn PDF document text
    • http://thesaker.is/how-zionist-is-the-new-world-order/In PDF document text
    • http://www.clarkesbooks.co.za/artbooks/search/In PDF document text
    • http://www.sociosite.net/topics/health.phpIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cultureandclimatechange.co.uk/projects/In PDF document text
    • http://www.starcourse.org/jcp/qanda.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://newbooksnetwork.com/category/politics-society/history/feed/In PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/toyota-landcruiser-navigation-computer-wiring.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/suzuki-burgman-650-abs-manuals-service.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/teaching-mathematics-a-sourcebook-of-aids-activities-and-strategies-3rd-edition.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/statistics-through-application-answers.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/test-papers-for-standard-5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/sgcse-exam-2018-dates.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/sprint-samsung-seek-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-failure-of-laissez-faire-capitalism-and-economic-dissolution-of-the-west.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-amazing-creative-colouring-book-buster-activity.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/spectrum-reading-grade-5-answer-key-online.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uregina.ca/arts/anthropology/film-list.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EthnographerIn PDF document text
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChristologyIn PDF document text
    • http://www.easybib.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.jstor.org/subject/religionIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sapiens-yuval-noah-harari/1118611502In PDF document text
    • https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livro_digitalIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-US&dl=en&lp=PT_EN&a=https%3a%2f%2fpt.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fLivro_digitalIn PDF document text
    • https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolitik_DevrimIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-US&dl=en&lp=TR_EN&a=https%3a%2f%2ftr.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fNeolitik_DevrimIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loot.co.za/index/html/index4982.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loot.co.za/index/html/index1330.htmlIn 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_off00004aa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4AA4 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 37dbbfc6d28fa6f4227b6c703f1609a506fba9a3f1db21db51ce5b9fa4fd0c69
font_01_sfnt_off00006c00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C00 7240 bytes
SHA-256: 35680edae38520e0e674c02792e328f90ba2054a3802a74d031d1d606b21c948