Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8067191c374f42ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.8 KB Created: 2020-09-11 19:17:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 5f34e40a2ad44bc21e1aeb43a8326219 SHA-1: 9bbb80a9d3b0f412b476d0e1c0d79579cc834a59 SHA-256: 8067191c374f42ac1d2d7604922fac01e37073aeb4aa566ba67b581898aa772c
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, as indicated by the PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK heuristic. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text suggesting a lure related to "Microbiology lab exam 2 answers". The PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a large number of external links, many of which point to suspicious PDF files. The SE_URGENCY_LURE heuristic further supports the phishing pretext. The primary attack pattern involves redirecting users to malicious content via these links.

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.link/wix?keyword=microbiology+lab+exam+2+answers
    • http://files.neurodivercitysg.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776182/dodovulebuwu.pdf
    • http://geparaw.carinagossele.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132302870/7303114.pdf
    • http://files.grapevinerealty.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131860060/goroxebawivonaj.pdf
    • http://files.nicholsonspeedway.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131413550/kinawejare.pdf
    • http://sorure.artistsunitedclub.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406893/1032780.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/3510/6203/files/portugues_sem_fronteiras_1.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6767/0689/files/honda_gc160_service_manual_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7383/1072/files/78189067069.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6980/8548/files/digivajolodozo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8886/2622/files/leblanc_advanced_guide.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7066/8453/files/xavol.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1667/4713/files/vazisenuwi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3377/8597/files/20210892545.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7754/2823/files/pivixazesararap.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0449/6248/0296/files/modal_verb_exercises_with_answers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8550/3393/files/renters_lease_agreement.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_off00006cf8.bin
adc318af39f34566ffc329a64ec012a8aa41904fc1cdbb258a56642f7fb492dc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6CF8 5660 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008056.bin
bddbb61ed7e2b4a171809d0f2f76a25b266a910db187973628a131ecb1e5e0ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8056 9828 bytes