Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d636d6c2c8c562d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.0 KB Created: 2020-08-11 02:33:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 70b9cfc5221cea6d3fc3d302bb34efaa SHA-1: c785d9077de68180b190277c9204e1ab2677a11d SHA-256: 4d636d6c2c8c562d6b11d7ab1fdf4db29ed14c0c9ec5072492e3ff0e15399497
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains a prominent link disguised as an ebook download, which is a common social engineering tactic. The link directs to a malicious redirector, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The PDF also hosts a large number of external links, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=around+the+world+in+80+days+ebook+download+pdf
    • http://wovufer.jamesdeanartifacts.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637016/985364.pdf
    • http://files.anotherwayschool.org/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380308/nopebebulife.pdf
    • http://files.kathleenlynchart.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712514/laresowidefunibabuki.pdf
    • http://files.mountainbayliving.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637362/1698722.pdf
    • http://dawijur.mpvr.org/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712615/266e5aa2b3b.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6585/1542/files/zuvebojatokejazimax.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4358/4162/files/52609224406.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9324/5590/files/compare_excel_files.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8030/2240/files/vewolimeriwitejetaba.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0451/2422/3141/files/el_almohadon_de_plumas.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8643/8807/files/dasifazeronix.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3672/8726/files/zudelelowasepenujidivu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1818/1013/files/40406927487.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6404/1373/files/44624917609.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3542/5944/files/rideve.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7194/6398/files/kojilosifawesememelunup.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2010/7424/files/45878450503.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5412/1635/files/and_gate_project_download.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_off00006ef0.bin
ee1acead43c13f2ce9e3c6b5ac43ce36b59a26fddb4e258330f3c321a6621e20
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EF0 5852 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000082e1.bin
30fa3a4a8c31da94da1e86c5facadda3bbc8454939df5bd01a0f063a45999476
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x82E1 10300 bytes