Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45eab237544be7d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.7 KB Created: 2020-08-23 16:43:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 49e9c3335378e6044a285687c7f0c767 SHA-1: da8ad88dc721e4f9bc3ae7de770207afda8b5f54 SHA-256: 45eab237544be7d809976e52480db7dfb01139c149ec6741c3671dd885522f70
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a lure for an answer key to a math assignment, which is a common tactic for social engineering. It embeds numerous links, with one critical heuristic firing indicating a link to known malicious redirector infrastructure at 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=answer+key+for+math+8'. Another heuristic identified a large number of external PDF links, suggesting a link farm for SEO poisoning or traffic generation. The presence of a remote-support tool lure further indicates a malicious intent to potentially gain unauthorized access or deliver further payloads.

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.
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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.ru/pify?keyword=answer+key+for+math+8
    • http://vowoxeva.southdevonslinglibrary.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740267/feratasupa-savepaxifikano-rusipuzit-kepazeve.pdf
    • http://files.lawncareevansville.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969012/rokixan.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7876/9045/files/farming_simulator_2015_demo_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7963/1001/files/7941662243.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/3621/9291/files/shikomita_glory_days.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4785/5004/files/69416090119.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4610/9345/files/66619726011.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4760/8730/files/vurukisosozupoletubarusil.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7015/1061/files/holt_mcdougal_avancemos_1_workbook_answers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4424/9499/files/1951994007.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7514/1783/files/java_programming_array_example.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1179/2286/files/videoder_indir_apk.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7715/7542/files/76122350389.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7331/5740/files/fefenixe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/40133843423.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_off000080c1.bin
68dc803d8d2e2c3ae41172ac0558287a4858b195cab9f658725a1262644fc7fa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x80C1 5416 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009317.bin
a88e0e3a250a72f05075abb95d7bb9310e505e185b2963e5cdb3ef8a784ec105
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9317 10336 bytes