Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 532c86fdb0c37bee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.4 KB Created: 2020-08-23 18:18:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8482280d5a0bce77128b20b70807c996 SHA-1: 9eb5157ccefdf2a4c004e38e49b2b8cc21f4f940 SHA-256: 532c86fdb0c37bee98ece1b21bf92486933e8a6fa0e658540f32e02811d16a99
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a lure related to a 'brand ambassador contract agreement' and includes a mass of external links, many of which point to potentially malicious redirectors. One critical heuristic indicates a PDF link to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=brand+ambassador+contract+agreement+template'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains this URL and other benign-looking Shopify URLs, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

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.
  • 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.cc/pify?keyword=brand+ambassador+contract+agreement+template
    • http://nezoxapu.innerrhythmsmusic.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131858540/toxum.pdf
    • http://fakamek.bluecedarwellness.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453870/4413659.pdf
    • http://files.rockingb5.ca/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969012/mopimoxeb-kuzulilezew-lufavino.pdf
    • http://files.scalelive.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682070/dilofuvumagofo_xovogi_lajibo.pdf
    • http://dexuv.virginia-bell.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776225/xabeboliwipisivavom.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8180/9566/files/2020_mathrubhumi_calendar_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0462/8162/1664/files/42623936893.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5758/6071/files/87405178277.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8157/3279/files/sikenuz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0464/5971/5752/files/esri_base_map.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7609/1046/files/clinical_pharmacology_and_therapeutics_questions_for_self_assessment.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1249/7305/files/anti_wire_tapping_law_philippines.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/muxolalinurijelibabozafod.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1049/0519/files/kuxikowukefogewu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1003/9719/files/29668053495.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1202/1662/files/89230689690.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5771/6119/files/71465427504.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3538/6265/files/malayalam_bible_speech_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_off000085a0.bin
a6ab68e3c016fb786b826dfec2bbc44c437a7e3d27d474550091ca0a3f2e2a24
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x85A0 5584 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009877.bin
8bc180a7bf9412e7d323961d01195b1a9b198d778c4f2ba630becc22711847fc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9877 10468 bytes