Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59ceca80e2a58ecc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.5 KB Created: 2020-08-14 20:58:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 70680f45551b93aacdde03f96b3ac9fd SHA-1: 66de9eb253748c9bbd56a8a6b2b79d6028203aa3 SHA-256: 59ceca80e2a58eccf9d7b4fa33952ad3a90025a310706f8e24bf3d9ac2bb1257
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link to a redirector URL that is flagged as malicious. The document body text is obfuscated but contains keywords related to Android debugging ('adb install apk error device not found') and the authoring application 'wkhtmltopdf', suggesting a lure to a technical support scam or a malicious download. The presence of a large number of external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, indicates a link farm designed to improve search engine ranking for specific keywords, further supporting the lure-based attack pattern.

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=adb+install+apk+error+device+not+found
    • http://vewivi.shelleygentry.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406717/rijutuvilojukotifide.pdf
    • http://files.paddyharrop.org/uploads/1/3/1/3/131378993/8437027.pdf
    • http://files.ballroomdancebyangela.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775431/3767440.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/1066/1279/files/kizusefokil.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/0198/4662/files/interlocking_accounting_system.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2514/5760/files/suwapewuzuxedomatevamom.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7962/1026/files/12755790137.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7708/4070/files/74009127792.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9462/1862/files/add-_apt-_repository_command_not_found.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/9083/6632/files/95226119183.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3620/3415/files/credit_card_cibil_report.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9078/9020/files/sowedasofupotigav.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6092/7393/files/bdc_anatomy_handbook.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9767/6192/files/78293223587.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/6296/6937/files/zorejenixikexona.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6381/2004/files/case_files_pediatrics_4th_edition_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4166/8770/files/8978532322.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9557/3158/files/besofipig.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_off0000c94c.bin
77b1b1ff218542f7c68acbc0ef0cc5e604a301baff25e1e23d14fbcc0817dc5a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC94C 5400 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbb8.bin
7650bf3ebc379e00b370f4e9792f755b67a663dce4f561495f9c37aa5f692131
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB8 10788 bytes