Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8596e6f16c568c8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.5 KB Created: 2020-07-09 09:20:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 816b7eb9544327ff0fc6851e6c5c154f SHA-1: efef23708b8247aac1a8068727622856b9e5fe3b SHA-256: 8596e6f16c568c8df74f4d96d180d9d8e30d281f5ba2d3b7eb6054b905674c1c
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, embedding numerous external links. One critical heuristic identified a link to known malicious redirector infrastructure at 'https://ttraff.com/wb?keyword=hyperion%20road%20guardian%20dash%20cam%20manual'. The presence of a large number of generated PDF links suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content through a deceptive link structure.

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.com/wb?keyword=hyperion%20road%20guardian%20dash%20cam%20manual
    • http://files.nickpateras.org/uploads/1/3/2/7/132710655/d914f150ae.pdf
    • http://files.cumberlanderfamily.org/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681030/41208a255021e3e.pdf
    • http://files.rusticrevivalco.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398591/dubaribomikoxugave.pdf
    • http://files.lauraavnaim.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969819/0ec2ee5.pdf
    • http://files.lockmangenetics.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775383/nizejab.pdf
    • http://files.livingmagicentertainment.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406606/416069ef.pdf
    • https://kegedepubu.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/temunamipetebexinorer.pdf
    • https://zosexev.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/17844262503.pdf
    • https://jobafabiwoxo.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/64146722784.pdf
    • https://jegutapaf.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/38856142965.pdf
    • https://kemamutapewi.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/gewuxib.pdf
    • https://rolinozopuj.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/mewatemipirikajewit.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/tuwaz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/birizakidunupujudexi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/66916333827.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/21244882445.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/fulefevizurosojasi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/63537272249.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/
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/tuw

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00007d59.bin
296b3ad9a076acc9a2fa5bc86b44f7c011cfcb1d4aaa687b504148b70b6f477b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7D59 5352 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008f54.bin
6c0064034c296994a0f0aba1c3b175bb11567168630f0b46384734794841d188
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8F54 10528 bytes