Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 349594b543f8708e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.5 KB Created: 2020-07-23 03:25:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 42121a48262f5100fec36a9031f0196d SHA-1: a94509cfd5c05fb74e22d162f11851291f6df10c SHA-256: 349594b543f8708eaf1f6b4f64a3ce45fdf87e9b4a500626829fe20c4965f06c
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, directing users to a URL associated with malicious activity. Additionally, it exhibits characteristics of a link farm, embedding numerous external links, many of which point to Shopify domains. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a lure related to IELTS practice tests, likely intended to entice users to click the malicious link.

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/wb?keyword=ielts%20general%20training%20reading%20practice%20test%20with%20answers%20pdf
    • http://files.katarzynasawicz.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874250/6760423.pdf
    • http://files.lfstrategy.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775657/xibegube.pdf
    • http://files.donemanapc.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164386/2660aadaff.pdf
    • http://files.leongsmeathousekauai.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131872017/843ef4dac4022.pdf
    • http://files.leongsmeathousekauai.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131872017/843ef4dac4022.p
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7328/2983/files/kebukekafovusumov.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3151/7605/files/sununutozoxonamotezefukev.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/96951977507.pdf
    • https://xomakumugi.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/pibelenewavaw.pdf
    • https://netigosod285927460.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/25901154750.pdf
    • https://runumodometo.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/76161918152.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0706/5757/files/xefuvevifun.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7230/7875/files/77383654599.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/3770/4867/files/wizozivanivujofaselumovo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8259/6004/files/buvivizopizom.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3199/4280/files/nelobomu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9313/9364/files/6502026735.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/26160609228.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8022/8759/files/wisifuw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3260/7894/files/livopafuramavobamugi.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_off00007ba0.bin
db055286accc0aa479881f2af98f66dcfcbec234ff29b05f0c05b3def2e6566b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7BA0 5124 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008d0c.bin
46b1cddc7c6c960591b3c91b9b1e062cf2c176b5a5eac16b9388839664598193
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8D0C 10336 bytes