Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f5247bd970899d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.4 KB Created: 2020-08-05 01:13:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8353e7702b2b81cd002ea754fb7b3c9c SHA-1: 19a07b7f1665587437b3f16d1b5ee915ec9b4dee SHA-256: 7f5247bd970899d2fb0b8ea81cc51e97d2e75dc0d8ec671e00df17b3b70b1dc4
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple embedded links, with one specifically pointing to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to 'breast cancer statistics south africa 2020 pdf' and the malicious URL, suggesting a lure to a phishing or malware distribution site. The heuristic 'PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK' confirms the malicious nature of the redirector.

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=breast+cancer+statistics+south+africa+2020+pdf
    • http://files.agilecreators.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874361/dfa3e0c9c.pdf
    • http://files.t2softball.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606642/lezebenesi_resomeme_sapapujudivuwo.pdf
    • http://files.firefliesintheabyss.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874667/7319493.pdf
    • http://files.casualcorvettescsra.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131857304/7549186.pdf
    • http://files.nhfd-dev-site.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636612/99242bd7.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0605/7883/files/86803433460.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3476/2654/files/perfect_tense_mixed_exercises.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5712/7336/files/niribezuragewusa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/zemeletitofugawekabol.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5506/2948/files/kisikil.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7247/1715/files/83500847620.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3855/5805/files/pidixunubigopimolu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/1427/3698/files/fameselokusoviso.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6268/9946/files/mortal_kombat_snes_moves.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3147/7922/files/xifinogis.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8165/4687/files/dexufobowezutugowiwe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/2698/7680/files/fogokawukirenumukalan.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/0998/1085/files/dewaxalukusojokofe.pdf
    • https://www.cancer.gov/coronavirus
    • 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_off000088c5.bin
f22ef46440caa6f5c8d3cfd9c9699712e6535417fe395e3014949d3dcf58d466
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x88C5 5536 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009b90.bin
63374bdb914f9867db0b46d853c26f299c65e8689b33cc4faebf35d249e023b1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9B90 10728 bytes