Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1da1a600a831bf73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.9 KB Created: 2020-08-07 17:02:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 16827f49e5ef5e9e7b4111e9c6054ffe SHA-1: 7173843622d2afdb03f19fbe5cfeb595f01a718c SHA-256: 1da1a600a831bf73fa7e1f9fc2f5f392269435b62921f874764e767e1bdd1a3d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a lure for a remote support tool and a mass of external links, many of which point to a redirector. The primary embedded link, 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=pdf+converter+to+word+arabic+support', is a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to PDF conversion, reinforcing the lure.

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.cc/pify?keyword=pdf+converter+to+word+arabic+support
    • http://files.glitterbartenders.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681749/3826409.pdf
    • http://files.copperchiefstore.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712096/datezavoga_jexabez.pdf
    • http://files.theenchantingverses.org/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398323/7f31c9d2.pdf
    • http://files.nousworks.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379085/bekegilapip_wojuped_nuvufuma_mapujule.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2151/6449/files/kovuxuwirika.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/7482/7941/files/joxape.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8038/4674/files/cancionero_cristiano_para_guitarra.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7940/1634/files/sepudami.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9980/0217/files/lumikejobanewuf.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2886/4409/files/78862208231.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/3173/3159/files/jupiz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/52325197595.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/3518/1734/files/36066296021.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6954/6396/files/4076832136.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4746/1788/files/best_english_learning_books.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_off00006635.bin
9b50b7a05bd4758c83eddcd36daf42c11cd33201c1c5b412d2512263135d3799
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6635 5412 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000078be.bin
545a6845c8ebe22ea50a5405d92add016810828871f534c8c323b537a08bbd70
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x78BE 9812 bytes