Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d66975f9fb12bebc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.4 KB Created: 2018-06-11 08:06:21 -04:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.4 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2020-08-25
MD5: c584b5c7c05c6f11c3781c9c7ef75137 SHA-1: 56ba98257dc6a0445a8c95f3f2f3ea2c1e67de0d SHA-256: d66975f9fb12bebc85e80438e57f9a88442aa40348d948c0a9180adac9672808
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded URLs and a heuristic firing for a visual download button, suggesting a lure to download further content. The ML classifier also flagged the PDF as malicious. The document body, though partially garbled, indicates a theme of 'valuation of a medical practice' and includes URLs that likely serve as the download source for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9136

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=valuation-of-a-medical-practice.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=valuation-of-a-medical-practice.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://practicevaluationgroup.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalpracticeappraisal.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.cpa.net/publications/medical-practice-valuation-guidebook/In PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalpracticeappraisal.com/services.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.practicemgmt.com/appraisal_of_medical_prac.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://doctorsbroker.com/In PDF document text
    • https://transitionconsultants.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.practicemgmt.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.cpa.net/resources/retengde.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rtacpa.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalmanagement.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalpracticesusa.com/listings.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://valuationresources.com/Reports/SIC8721MedicalBillingService.htmIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bvresources.com/products/business-valuation-updateIn PDF document text
    • http://www.capna.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.rtacpa.com/forms-checklistsIn PDF document text
    • http://ahca.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.totalpracticemanagement.com/In PDF document text
    • http://physiciansolutions.com/In PDF document text
    • http://mor-of.net/In PDF document text
    • https://digitalexits.com/whats-your-business-worth/In PDF document text
    • https://practicetestgeeks.com/In PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/ss1-physics-questions.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/tesccc-unit-5-lesson-1-answer-key-economics.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/slater-answers.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/three-of-spades-hamden-2-w-ferraro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-complete-english-poems-everyman-apo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/solution-selling-audiobook.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-burning-shore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-bible-on-leadership.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/street-drifting-car-design-sketch-portfolio.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-language-of-flowers-vanessa-diffenbaugh.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ama-assn.org/rbrvs-overviewIn PDF document text
    • https://securereg3.prometric.com/In PDF document text
    • https://fitsmallbusiness.com/business-valuation-calculator/In PDF document text
    • http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-18-2013/No2-May-2013/Simulation-in-Nursing-Practice.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/uid/index.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_off00004caa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4CAA 10088 bytes
SHA-256: f465d62f62152a1e09bb09f84c69193cc3d552491cae0117735280d9fab5718e
font_01_sfnt_off00006cae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6CAE 6472 bytes
SHA-256: 7679f1a3dd6b0f8a3ebacd21f640be3bc99e3ad464910bd51212901cb24f4ede