Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55b11f263657060a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.0 KB Created: 2020-08-24 19:37:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8b64950703ab07ae85919c17586a7ec5 SHA-1: 7f194188b7820f0b8280eb2e938d366d2dd81ce7 SHA-256: 55b11f263657060a9a72cf7081836999aefd96c3d39acfc2555681dfbbe6f235
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a heuristic firing for PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK, indicating it directs users to malicious infrastructure. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains a URL that appears to be a lure for educational content. The file also exhibits PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM behavior, embedding numerous links, many of which point to Shopify domains hosting PDF files, likely to manipulate search engine results and mask malicious activity. The primary malicious IOC is the redirector URL.

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.ru/pify?keyword=algebra+2+volume+1+answer
    • http://files.drphilipbailey.net/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740277/gebunosomesejikog.pdf
    • http://sotujubuv.fisherdecor.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131382430/jugixelobola.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1892/7775/files/aprender_frances_completo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/gegexovikorojirokelaxedu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9714/6019/files/bus_game_apk.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/8728/0790/files/apache_poioptions.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/8339/7272/files/67629383697.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0512/4516/files/kumobiripamomikalurekulez.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1564/3041/files/nibifede.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2396/5079/files/bms_controls_and_hvac_systems.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/4327/3369/files/suit_jacket_size_guide_medium.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6839/1591/files/19322409303.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/1653/1617/files/alexander_rybak_fariytale.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6422/2101/files/moravagine_blaise_cendrars.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/1350/3133/files/monheims_local_anesthesia.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00004637.bin
dc8b6ce75edec5af9b71e0d06144518b0d802174d7ec69c7ac3cc14051f6b819
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4637 5224 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000057ed.bin
cab3bdc5bd04ab2d38efd5a218dd689277be5dc31b8b83922da114677f829266
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x57ED 9796 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007977.bin
05d2457133b820fa77aa358e30e9acfbad3f04c46ced9a37296d9311117db176
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7977 4324 bytes