Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff9b2bfc698b6547…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.7 KB Created: 2018-06-11 08:23:33 -04:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.4 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2020-08-25
MD5: f47eee02feab683433cdbea3720f163e SHA-1: efc11bbe4de46cf7e340671069c4812e3c9a2f82 SHA-256: ff9b2bfc698b654792422a3f89100b5489a7f627af712e8ded4a8ecc5a41a7c5
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded URLs, one of which is also flagged by a PDF URI heuristic. The document body includes phrases like 'Click here to download' and multiple links to 'uncpbisdegree.com', suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5900

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=sony-cdx-c8050x-car-receivers-owners-manual.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=sony-cdx-c8050x-car-receivers-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://convair.de/sony/cdx/sony_cdx_c8050x_car_receivers_owners_manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wundoc.de/sony/cdx/sony_cdx_c8050x_car_receivers_owners_manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unflip.de/sony/cdx/sony_cdx_c8050x_car_receivers_owners_manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retrevo.com/samples/Sony-Car-Receiver-manuals.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retrevo.com/samples/index.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retrevo.com/samples/Sony-manuals.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthousefostercare.org/reads-online/sony-cdx-c8050x-car-receivers-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.usersmanualguide.com/sony/car_audio/page2In PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/wentworth-electromagnetics-with-engineering-applications.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/varney-the-vampyre-tales-of-mystery-the-supernatural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/smart-about-chocolate-a-sweet-history.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/wiring-colors-hyundai-getz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/vw-golf-mk4-engine-bay-diagram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/silverstein-spectrometric-solutions.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/solutions-manual-for-organic-chemistry-7th-edition-wade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-resort.net/1/visions-of-delight-the-singapore-botanic.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/the-confidence-gap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/study-guide-outline-template-abp-certifying-exam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/manual/213541/Sony-Cdx-C8050x-Product-Guide.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/products/Sony-Cdx-C8050x-Fm-Am-Compact-Disc-Player-28664.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/brand/In PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/brand/sony/In PDF document text
    • https://www.manualslib.com/brand/sony/cd-player.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=CDXC8050XIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sony.com/electronics/in-car-receivers-players/cdx-g1200u-cdx-g1201u-cdx-g1202uIn PDF document text
    • http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DOCSIn PDF document text
    • https://0.r.bat.bing.com/?ld=d3YM-Z6tEVLuYdJLAz_V3H8zVUCUwSU1oG9gRXKqBdRIfe_SwV9wqmGvTExB0_up6RdKeasLWvhdMxtEX7H3taSBjfmG_bZrmXvvTCnz274KmnnAZVy1p0OxiI4_7AWhOHOBb1m85q5NjKOAyofbH6yZlF2VZvNN1kA-_zr8NXreLW2A2N&u=www.productmanuals.org%2flp%2f%3fcategory%3dSony%26utm_source%3dadcenter%26utm_medium%3dcpc%26utm_term%3dsony%2520owners%2520manual%26utm_network%3d%7b%7d%26utm_campaign%3dFM%2bIAC%2bBrands%2b02-08In PDF document text
    • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=617350In 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://www.sony.com/electronics/in-car-receivers-players/cdx-gIn 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_off00008601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8601 14104 bytes
SHA-256: 2fc4a63784faa6287ae2d00c4de8965c0f6a8ddd93bc177a6540ca98d9a58275
font_01_sfnt_off0000b115.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB115 9936 bytes
SHA-256: 255207ba60da6084e9f8d2f1f89da31f8a781cfb735fbc933822273bee76a160