Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19e3208b7047faee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.0 KB Created: 2020-07-30 01:42:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 0bbda6d1bdef38d48db12e2ebd5782a4 SHA-1: ba1baaaa3a0530196699f894fcc4887c33851800 SHA-256: 19e3208b7047faeecbe242284becfeade54aa74e1eb08c10a96db1c75781a44e
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded links, with one identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a lure related to 'data structures and algorithms notes'. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the malicious intent of directing users to external resources. The primary malicious IOC is the redirector URL.

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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 https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=data+structures+and+algorithms+anna+university+notes+pdf
    • http://files.tous-droits-reserves.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739298/sonozuzalakulozite.pdf
    • http://files.graffitiwgratitude.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738814/808e7b1556b9ad.pdf
    • http://files.automobiliabybuck.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131859895/jevetutoleko.pdf
    • http://files.greateraustinsws.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406173/laxobox.pdf
    • http://files.cityoflathrop.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131408169/livanowugokizof_jegasekujuzigu_nilibasagedale.pdf
    • http://files.greateraustinsws.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406173/
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1541/3661/files/laxegeke.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5884/0223/files/40625915821.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0508/2776/files/42417334019.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7518/2485/files/11433560142.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0127/3758/files/87416683959.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5817/5906/files/41448091960.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1284/8790/files/54391747983.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1747/0101/files/38518250220.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/kenawuvotijogajutimev.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00006f13.bin
d9ef29f5ff11cb44860acf2372fca992661a803caef58b1d798ee339f530b6cf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F13 5612 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008201.bin
49f1c345582212729590e0456707ca92d3838aef8cba26fbcaa28f8c5b0a0640
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8201 2116 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00008bcc.bin
b976d4b2e6e6224328dbd59a0c1ad6ffcb40c02297dd3cdbf2618458a8d3544c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8BCC 15076 bytes