Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22d6d22cd9f03433…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.0 KB Created: 2020-08-08 22:38:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 01318f6af38849d27dcb0d489781b365 SHA-1: d53e78d95923da6286555eabaee9be32bda41148 SHA-256: 22d6d22cd9f034335a077b90056fa51b088f3a57e3790154f62d327e49ccc71c
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, but one critical link directs to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the target URL and appears to be a lure for educational material. The presence of numerous external links suggests a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic to distribute malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.com/pify?keyword=latin+real+book+bass+clef+pdf
    • http://files.rowdygalmudhud.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871537/tozupukip.pdf
    • http://files.nycancerfoundation.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070178/9f6f03d.pdf
    • http://nuxepu.journeywiththeseasons.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873791/a54818f2d.pdf
    • http://files.charltonkupaahee.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776230/defetutokiw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0239/5798/files/datepuvimit.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/1868/8424/files/jugilujubupije.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/71061356311.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8865/0141/files/stationen_3rd_edition_free.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4247/1064/files/89763167040.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/2915/0368/files/lokegufirefilovidepulaj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3391/1705/files/what_are_parameters_in_java.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2201/4870/files/98489400513.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9074/8316/files/vesipotajewonejan.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/8466/7287/files/horse_racing_betting_systems.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6533/5208/files/39521491577.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3555/0118/files/bitilifovekudujarijito.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_off00007255.bin
9e87bdea612a17c99d253dcdc479e2f6bb2cbadbd70fac54cd96d3abd97dbf55
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7255 5296 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008467.bin
627bf5c30a41c75b20c987036bc45dcc6db53c3951c367bf65eed0e2b7cd1713
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8467 12376 bytes