Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f037a09ab32f4bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.0 KB Created: 2020-09-17 09:55:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 75dfdc42db06607158ccaf449c773523 SHA-1: b270022d56a732fb1026a044e19f180c39a02854 SHA-256: 1f037a09ab32f4bb5dc996e9693dcbca79c4c41f150fed18f192f406ede20733
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to external PDF files. One of the primary links, 'https://ttraff.me/wix?keyword=act+4+study+guide+the+crucible', is identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains this URL, suggesting the intent is to lure the user into clicking the malicious link. The presence of numerous other PDF links indicates a potential SEO poisoning or link farm tactic to distribute malicious content.

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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.me/wix?keyword=act+4+study+guide+the+crucible
    • http://gadizip.davidhamishwill.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383914/weromebadeson.pdf
    • http://files.mgle-germanschool.org/uploads/1/3/2/8/132814898/4323125.pdf
    • http://files.californialightingconcepts.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740568/lawemugevix.pdf
    • http://files.toniandgarry.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606677/wewiranumosi_kamaze_zakitejamepir_dofugawofovofe.pdf
    • http://files.lhasaapsocanada.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871593/vidovozabasinekodaju.pdf
    • http://jegoni.nltcassville.org/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814088/girozexug.pdf
    • https://bc29a76b-27ac-4580-8345-bf0342d454de.filesusr.com/ugd/479fa9_7ea9cf280e2b4b31a7e28f86c5ea8026.pdf?index=true
    • https://2ecd4c26-14b9-4998-b74f-69bc37f5c6e2.filesusr.com/ugd/01bc73_055d01e6549741edb4d36091107dc038.pdf?index=true
    • https://0f206a51-f1dd-4855-8a6c-8a160f40f72b.filesusr.com/ugd/f2c1dc_cd62bc2829a54a70866c014e5201b250.pdf?index=true
    • https://f8667bbe-7968-4ea2-83ae-d2bb5329f5ac.filesusr.com/ugd/834936_20b1eed964d84013863db4185a71118a.pdf?index=true
    • https://b7f97063-1994-4e7a-9f30-ed75cdafd9b1.filesusr.com/ugd/610d21_8c296b8fe9de4c9c8e37ebff3747576c.pdf?index=true
    • https://7a496d75-ed34-4bc8-b450-f4fe9da14328.filesusr.com/ugd/227d0f_13e84df818b249ccb370e18b2e0f667a.pdf?index=true
    • https://38ba3e7b-a060-48a0-bdbf-76d4eddcdddc.filesusr.com/ugd/38eac1_9268f50edb6040fc9a7b4a212ffc6911.pdf?index=true
    • 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_off00006da8.bin
5cf6cde59753c979fc3657d576f837008dbd825574e264c7d1943c1171f9ff74
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6DA8 5312 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007fc3.bin
ff2cafc494e966b575ff191ea595027055d3a8b02151553bf22805b79c06b45a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7FC3 13708 bytes