Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 480e80f90de3dfa3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.2 KB Created: 2020-08-07 11:34:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 3c80b05e4483dc966766d278d0f2fa69 SHA-1: 3ae7b4d0f807042a1f3bccc20f82eaa6b79e0081 SHA-256: 480e80f90de3dfa3d77480a5569c84a20b43f75c30141430d0d18e755ce2621b
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, a common tactic for SEO spam and malicious redirection. One prominent link, 'https://ttraff.cc/wb?keyword=astm%20a36%20standard%20pdf%20free%20download', points to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains this URL, suggesting an attempt to lure users into downloading further malicious content under the guise of providing a technical standard document. The presence of a link farm and a redirector indicates a delivery mechanism for potentially harmful payloads.

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=astm%20a36%20standard%20pdf%20free%20download
    • http://benukaje.dworkzgarage.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131607062/vovopu.pdf
    • http://files.ayrarcheryclub.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438459/dukelijirogit_tafedepez.pdf
    • http://files.apeacefulbirthdoula.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969440/5828cbf8.pdf
    • http://files.popovamayya.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739214/folak_mujovoxutuxazu_siribe.pdf
    • http://files.ultimatelymeaningful.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969768/88d588834aba.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4119/3127/files/quality_data_analysis.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/33540287451.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1583/0695/files/powerix.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0881/0398/files/4617805844.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/1819/6891/files/73127234899.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/3182/9412/files/vodamomasada.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8118/8003/files/38382141793.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9014/0581/files/dazij.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9161/6153/files/42273358194.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9522/8565/files/nokopaliduziragezode.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00007273.bin
738ac7c74a4dbff00774350a0d1dc62d2aa0c772d8b769fe41dc08ba4d02cf48
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7273 5328 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000846e.bin
5c5191955898b67cd48c5f316215329bede11879d2803bc9a00d94d9dadaa01b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x846E 10856 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000a949.bin
cd94ef65598b1866d0653cdd88243d989fd81359c0e770c2d3a4858f1c2f6d34
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA949 4324 bytes