Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ceb3d89502fece4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.3 KB Created: 2020-07-11 22:09:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 7fef2553a7524993b5cfb467a69eabdb SHA-1: 5741f48be753d1ea32eeb7bcb29a1548188401f4 SHA-256: 1ceb3d89502fece4dde0e382149d5789e743d1689fcd172f6bb1c2883878b10e
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a mass of external links, masquerading as a business English lesson plan, to lure users into downloading potentially malicious files. One of the embedded links, https://ttraff.com/wb?keyword=business%20english%20lesson%20plan%20pdf, is identified as a malicious redirector. The document also explicitly instructs the user to install a remote-support tool, indicating a social engineering pretext for malware delivery.

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.
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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.com/wb?keyword=business%20english%20lesson%20plan%20pdf
    • http://files.agingobsession.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871648/jurotised_berereli.pdf
    • http://files.technicalserviceprovidernetwork.org/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871488/5103431.pdf
    • http://files.thesanctuaryatmn.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856184/d83262d07.pdf
    • http://files.stevensonpto.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776327/logobov.pdf
    • http://files.stitchedwithcare.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383624/dowumi-wefudazebukop-wivavin-tajewowe.pdf
    • http://files.aston-financial.co.uk/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398497/46de60ee58.pdf
    • http://files.coveyrising.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739970/89076ffb56.pdf
    • https://nolifajidame.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/39307584065.pdf
    • https://zawaxus.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/zoguxezodogofebugomexom.pdf
    • https://pogunuji.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/74463531786.pdf
    • https://rebaxoduzun.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/529662947.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5147/5351/files/repos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/bewasovenajuwawofitef.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/79894841610.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/98455436519.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6893/9672/files/4053599924.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/pajovi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/6482/8838/files/9016623349.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9526/1348/files/91281306977.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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00008504.bin
ae85ea2d662b0961440eed4697a0a87a5ef06e2f0415f8cc1e48fab25265ac12
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8504 5060 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009628.bin
60afd8fe5326a5c09e3dceb78a17575593b7e26a811c7d8d709efe1a7b58e342
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9628 9980 bytes