Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f04ab92fc7bb9f21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2018-06-11 08:12:42 -04:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.4 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2020-08-10
MD5: d0071bdff172f5b9f1ffc1add9aafd89 SHA-1: 6688ca2e45801c45f0c0b0b4b1f33f53e70d5709 SHA-256: f04ab92fc7bb9f211892a52c06f45ddd7f843930ab91ebc4c255762de08bd1c5
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded URLs and document body text that mimic a study guide, with a critical heuristic firing for 'Fake 'free download' SEO-poisoning PDF'. The primary malicious URLs point to a PHP gateway designed to serve files, indicating a likely attempt to trick users into downloading malware. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence.

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=study-guide-ap-euro-answer-key.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=study-guide-ap-euro-answer-key.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tomrichey.net/ap-euro-ten-week-study-plan.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://fullexams.com/exam/fema-is-700-a-answer-keyIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apushreview.com/new-ap-curriculum/period-2-1607-1754/In PDF document text
    • http://www.apushreview.com/new-ap-curriculum/period-1-1491-1607/In PDF document text
    • http://cavalierhealth.org/mvd3.htmIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kingspizzaonladson.com/geography-caps-2015-grade12-teachers-guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bibme.org/In PDF document text
    • http://www.fidgetcube-shop.com/ex/le/explore_learning_magnetic_induction_answers_free_ebook.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.information-iii.org/abs_e2.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://mexicanpharmacy-inmexico.com/In PDF document text
    • http://drleonardcoldwell.com/only-answer-to-cancer/In PDF document text
    • http://www.rsdb.org/fullIn PDF document text
    • https://mywordsearch.com/all_puzzlesIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/university-of-mpumalanga-prospectus-2018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/software-engineering-final-exam-solutions.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/vauxhall-opel-zafira-2015-user-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/the-christian-life.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/tecno-t9-user-guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/suzuki-gr-vitara-service-repair-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/testimony-of-the-beloved-disciple-the-narrative-history-and-theology-in-the-gospel-of-john.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/woodcock-achievement-test-for-eigth-grade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/wells-fargo-class-action-lawsuit-2012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/the-act-of-roger-murgatroyd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourseIn PDF document text
    • https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/In PDF document text
    • http://www.apnews.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.myway.com/In PDF document text
    • https://www.albert.io/blog/ap-european-history-score-calculator/In PDF document text
    • http://abcnews.go.com/InternationalIn PDF document text
    • https://abcnews.go.com/politicsIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cnbc.com/wires/?redirect=1In PDF document text
    • https://www.collegeboard.org/In PDF document text
    • http://bleacherreport.com/In PDF document text
    • https://www.military.com/daily-newsIn PDF document text
    • http://currentaffairs.freejobalert.com/jan-2017-current-affairs-study-material/16252/In PDF document text
    • https://www.dhs.gov/termsIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dhs.gov/site-linksIn PDF document text
    • https://classroom.google.com/In 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_off00004b24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4B24 10344 bytes
SHA-256: a138e683e667adfc4572860353392c32b4a92b436b3333885d341194149f5442
font_01_sfnt_off00006c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C05 7304 bytes
SHA-256: 444d3d3e8b469cd8128b488f039e443852ceb1e823bf671212d2d393ab786328