Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83b0fd561ee33614…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.7 KB Created: 2020-08-19 04:13:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 3b93e05b077475d41deae345b96594c0 SHA-1: 3c04ab0dbfe98eadd545a435ead1d190796b53d3 SHA-256: 83b0fd561ee336143e88551b3fb1a215d8dfed8a57d41252ef74e8eb8c63744c
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a prominent link that redirects to a malicious URL, disguised as a download for an 'audio video converter apk full version'. This heuristic, combined with the presence of a call-to-action phrase, strongly suggests a phishing or social engineering attack. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on Shopify. The primary malicious IOC is the redirector URL.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=audio+video+converter+apk+full+version
    • http://files.esandelle.com.au/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739247/06c7fe87174b.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0449/2935/1835/files/punax.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9748/9572/files/shuttle_badminton_court_size.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2482/6014/files/sotubibadivivazob.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4339/7525/files/artificial_intelligence_in_digital_marketing.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4669/9165/files/state_trait_anxiety_test.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7153/7301/files/10_medicinal_plants_and_their_uses.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/5827/5238/files/great_food_fast_bob_warden.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0668/7389/files/83050786724.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7673/0533/files/beezus_and_ramona.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/2190/8640/files/82506268964.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0419/8038/files/sejogaxepatusabiwonuko.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9141/8526/files/pevozojo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2841/4618/files/77433630386.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6580/2905/files/nomezovoxakibamila.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_off000061c9.bin
542d06fee0ab27308bcd2efb5cefb2495cf97efa90fbb7cab0e1f6e70a9a0e5c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61C9 5264 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000073c4.bin
ee4ffaf8cae49209de8fcdeeb7cf4cbbb9bbf021dc2afc2ebfcded915ba68174
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x73C4 13496 bytes