Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20d5e33c4d2f793b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.7 KB Created: 2020-08-21 03:44:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: b88ee56deeedcad4be235fd75f9716f9 SHA-1: 94b074499898c2dc750db124afb1eb9da1f6ce15 SHA-256: 20d5e33c4d2f793b219b5bb4d994572a066ba73e69be41e48d0a8bbdbb73d5f2
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links, one of which, https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=bluedio+i4+bluetooth+stereo+headset+manual+pdf, is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to a manual and the malicious URL, suggesting a lure to trick users into clicking the link. The presence of numerous other PDF links, many pointing to Shopify, indicates a link farm strategy to improve SEO and potentially mask the malicious redirector. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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/pify?keyword=bluedio+i4+bluetooth+stereo+headset+manual+pdf
    • http://xamebaj.stannard.co.nz/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776525/5f38b3187.pdf
    • http://files.graceyourspace.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874668/4333609.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/2957/6352/files/algebra_problems_grade_8.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6815/4278/files/net_framework_2._0.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4345/4102/files/xilafo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9432/6944/files/87025054350.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5308/8919/files/51960825972.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7618/0376/files/dizesogo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/7475/4462/files/31430941729.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8404/5719/files/40157293156.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5769/3347/files/dirifaduzat.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4030/1478/files/gunevetimig.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7257/7946/files/buselejedemuweter.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1740/4573/files/banking_terms_gradeup.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_off0000bb02.bin
2c6df0ee92905637bc249e956021e51dafc9ae90dfb0527ceb55d6cb13d8df27
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB02 5556 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdbb.bin
2fb443b733a6fab12da3069399e4a4165edad12965f0ef0da4a750a986fc3ebd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDBB 10420 bytes