Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 507fcf10cbee2534…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.6 KB Created: 2020-08-20 04:14:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 2f294169a38a7868363e9b2ff133f4e4 SHA-1: f46c23b3d76de992c1206aa3730da674292ba985 SHA-256: 507fcf10cbee253430c1a723ed0407311cd9e1474a5e28231b55c2054c428967
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains numerous links, with one critical heuristic identifying it as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text that, when combined with the heuristics, suggests an advance-fee scam lure. The primary malicious IOC is the redirector URL, which is likely used to funnel victims to further malicious content.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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.com/pify?keyword=accounting+income+statement+vs+balance+sheet
    • http://files.penascoliving.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969695/wedubukemune_pavaxav_jaxigalopuxo_tulonepolisut.pdf
    • http://files.i2.rs/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740590/2068692.pdf
    • http://files.caseyslife.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131452950/dodifapapam.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5951/9387/files/glittering_generalities_propaganda.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5111/3887/files/53547740330.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/0319/8114/files/48402901927.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8259/6004/files/50537812494.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7618/1400/files/enviar_email_php_arquivo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9143/5422/files/zizaw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5065/5129/files/12705086942.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1673/9222/files/difference_between_r_and_r_studio.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8029/5334/files/76108944784.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9249/9877/files/77445385291.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0492/7905/files/88506232585.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5920/8604/files/banyans_surf_report.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1322/6139/files/33577063884.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_off000076e9.bin
3edf7e2894e53d5b414461e83c6666dbff425f0b5e54dadfc216f31d2c91c231
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x76E9 5304 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000088d0.bin
1adbfc3bdb0fcec75654b1be03819567e5b8ce21e7d8be2e5990e896b7c03354
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x88D0 10592 bytes