Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49ba899ec90310cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.3 KB Created: 2020-08-13 23:47:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 604a5496414e16867d766b5e6a74aa46 SHA-1: 59c6f65333ae6f4d6050cbb9c4893516e7cb8c54 SHA-256: 49ba899ec90310cf11939784defb89b9620905a965d03014770d0fd8322070aa
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous embedded URLs, including a critical finding of a link to known malicious redirector infrastructure at 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=febrile+seizure+guidelines+canada'. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites. The presence of urgency language further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=febrile+seizure+guidelines+canada
    • http://files.beautyessencebymerabell.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132814427/4037323.pdf
    • http://taxit.fitzgeraldbenhillartscouncil.org/uploads/1/3/2/8/132814930/9428513.pdf
    • http://soreme.derrenbackergroupbenefits.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969723/5841190.pdf
    • http://vabaj.ellabshop.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070420/1331304.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7372/4825/files/79170082745.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9461/3924/files/32515382980.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5460/4198/files/methyl_salicylate_msds.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8205/4813/files/tanixilobokibogabezume.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3393/5519/files/57062250944.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7917/2257/files/48568629556.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6481/9874/files/totel.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1961/5904/files/toastmasters_evaluation_form.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9836/5340/files/ceftaroline_package_insert.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7237/3414/files/98948943593.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_off0000833a.bin
50610db365611faa93725aa44edde26f642a4b7f26140256d0a9c8e6dcae290e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x833A 5252 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000951e.bin
0721e0aa283138dae9cc77b175c70100d608f067a7112505e0c04f77080a816a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x951E 10376 bytes