Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52673c2c76d8aeaa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.2 KB Created: 2020-07-10 01:48:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 3b4bc65d3b64c411d03e285100a3009c SHA-1: 52b945bbcf60ba4391270cb1d569237be71ff5b2 SHA-256: 52673c2c76d8aeaa47609c6960e3426af23f85c60062ad20bff61a17764d5994
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to external PDF files hosted on various domains. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.cc, which is likely used to obscure the final destination. The document body, while containing garbled data, includes the title 'Active and passive voice worksheet 2 16 exercises', suggesting a lure to disguise the malicious link farm. The presence of numerous PDF links suggests a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic to distribute malicious content.

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=active%20and%20passive%20voice%20worksheet%202%2016%20exercises
    • http://files.anniepercussion.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740321/disatibe.pdf
    • http://files.mediafreestore.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379395/meniwipivavow-piziromiwu-busotat-tedojirejer.pdf
    • http://files.prometheanpress.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131855992/figifelifulavovunewi.pdf
    • http://files.odonataseaglass.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131163564/a10c3b1c5c816c4.pdf
    • http://files.laidprettyboutique.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969855/nizavunowite_wefura_xozujut_goxijaxov.pdf
    • http://files.sassyspacesorganizing.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379361/5941258.pdf
    • http://files.eathorpepollherefords.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379868/tuvawajajozevosanox.pdf
    • http://files.thebeautyladykent.co.uk/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740438/1531485.pdf
    • https://jarawagodas.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/mesitezalibusajoda.pdf
    • https://jurutetufot.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/nelazinubalagosobapixak.pdf
    • https://bifixidapo.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/xadanotepilukeruzelagim.pdf
    • https://bovelabo.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/6762318121.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/kaxepetumikikexozifaxu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/kurejala.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/23281911610.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/bizisumexu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/xakisone.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/jatebilebasa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/14985018959.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_off000069af.bin
af7659aeb5f509c9a7aac0428174aa69535ff09586c201193e4dcde0b938ad52
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x69AF 5528 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007c87.bin
5985f61dba61437ae8a0f33f6c939d7733fc777b917a8dfc540a6fd993b99abf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7C87 10180 bytes