Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b2614b21a13ddd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.6 KB Created: 2020-08-31 18:22:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 2e6c3a52be3918f508fbfafb67fbab74 SHA-1: b485c66a9908fa411baf628c29610e961eea1baa SHA-256: 8b2614b21a13ddd50b9005b3831e2383e66162cfc0aab670ca5266768c124a3c
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a prominent link disguised as a call-to-action for 'Fonepaw android data recovery online'. This link redirects to 'ttraff.com', which is flagged as a malicious redirector. The PDF also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, containing numerous external links, many pointing to 'static.usrfiles.com'. The presence of a visual download button further supports a social engineering lure.

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.com/wix?keyword=fonepaw+android+data+recovery+online
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/74a852_c50a325617384721ade12fec17a0a36c.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/105a8c_65bae2308789462a8e8f4ba164256196.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_831ea1ebc0e44584ac9a44771be2d06a.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/0049ca_7c118ce9d3954081951ef3830482c065.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_f5f3e3d5a9e3433186ffa68aeeea68e6.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9612/1248/files/84232069804.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_9e6c73a0db134c0095ad4887dd126290.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/2ac701_b57d588916f44fff9ab01d5938318360.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/735424_78a5836ff8474993ba6dcc67e182c96c.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/10b11f_cbba36a253b64b5a970a39b6442f62f2.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_off000050b2.bin
c5e8232092a81f95f24c29d8563c0157ae738e29b4b026b5fba6dac02684074b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x50B2 5096 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00006235.bin
240d747d060ea30a2a7025d010062a5b6c0d935ca4747c564d4229eb75029580
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6235 10456 bytes