Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 430041518cc9b663…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.5 KB Created: 2020-07-31 01:30:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8c2ba8195c321a0aeec18fde63561f64 SHA-1: 9773db551e0909b436dbaab0690154e10e2cd62d SHA-256: 430041518cc9b663a6ec6af20d3d9f38303170f859487c69777ed39f37ccfda2
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a mass external link farm, with one URL pointing to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to contain metadata related to 'renewable energy in buildings pdf' and the wkhtmltopdf tool, suggesting a lure. The primary malicious IOC is the redirector URL, which likely leads to further 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.cc/pify?keyword=renewable+energy+in+buildings+pdf
    • http://files.clubraffles.online/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438018/d2ee8f0e8c9.pdf
    • http://files.ourlittlecountrychurch.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132696104/dibosegivuj.pdf
    • http://files.michellexiao.net/uploads/1/3/1/6/131607346/xugex-xotosuzunixovir-kuvareduxifo-fufetatarifu.pdf
    • http://files.lakelandpipesanddrums.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636954/vepuv_laxigap_wawitibexufat.pdf
    • http://files.masonridgebrittanys.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398010/gijapuro-ziwabuxinifaxij-sureg-zetazutovo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7792/7072/files/vonev.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4651/0504/files/jupoxenonuruzesuluwatep.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5934/7618/files/31020899675.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/lurexemip.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/6705/7063/files/86721860205.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8026/0511/files/nifabubuxufir.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4875/4600/files/wuzebamaluko.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/3864/4123/files/funerisifabonenunukogo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3328/8088/files/31419574014.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0417/4233/files/mamibobozoladedadusimobe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4651/0504/files/69041287065.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2247/3624/files/71225768687.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_off00007c6d.bin
61834728509fbd971588151130a980000f3741735238a95aa48a0d4880f175f9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7C6D 5244 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008e53.bin
54812a6d690cd4bea763f06d6761a1121f30c34f1c2cbfb9c7edd453b6191ec0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8E53 10040 bytes