Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bce88d3cb62cf09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

57.4 KB Created: 2020-08-19 17:55:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 766d6f2f724d70b4f191250926b8c0ef SHA-1: 8dc8eeb57f4d0c77ce42b3c045f398d114431cbd SHA-256: 2bce88d3cb62cf09d77f0fcd7f6bb9856d9eeebbd32eb19f10582c7a19d717be
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, with one identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though partially corrupted, indicates a lure related to a "Vim cheat sheet" in Chinese. The presence of a link farm heuristic further suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or SEO spam. The primary attack vector appears to be directing users to malicious infrastructure via a deceptive document.

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.cc/pify?keyword=vim+cheat+sheet+%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E6%2596%2587+pdf
    • http://meturu.classiccityfirewood.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131482995/mosugezuz_suvune_goxosejago_vadire.pdf
    • http://files.joyworldfund.org/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695813/zujipolubipo_zebagenusazojux_dufemagi.pdf
    • http://files.buckler1608.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131069899/fobizusosufivu-libod-sarugajove.pdf
    • http://files.whitmancountypublichealth.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775434/fajire.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2885/7503/files/43667132605.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7362/5500/files/wapabixozojuvenorufo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/7571/2664/files/bsc_magazine_march_2020_download_in_english.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7364/2406/files/hodder_cambridge_primary_maths_stage_4.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3741/7891/files/printable_address_labels_template_free.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/8142/3262/files/alienation_effect_in_mother_courage.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2932/3158/files/piguxujewixujag.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6646/6216/files/98893856574.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5364/4966/files/43465631176.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000067ad.bin
96564aba911c042e1bbadff057d0b7705c7b68644d008025542afadf88f6d946
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x67AD 3112 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000072b1.bin
c80e262b4ef8647272f9d23b0c2a286c4b2bed7499a0b37f8f411ad099a940ea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x72B1 4804 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00008305.bin
e58c3c1060663fe550666b2ab39923ae8b81f2e8b726053e4827eeeb36646eb8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8305 15692 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000b3f6.bin
35d3440dae1ebc896564e4e6f70ea95aa3a30a1ac603c7fffbb21b68b8b72e2f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3F6 16036 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off0000c860.bin
cd94ef65598b1866d0653cdd88243d989fd81359c0e770c2d3a4858f1c2f6d34
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC860 4324 bytes