Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d30a59df49789d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.4 KB Created: 2020-08-07 03:07:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 69184ce3ec2b8ad1a45af95eba75cade SHA-1: c4c87f9421f7aa0a3c20d0dca985c6d8d3cdf764 SHA-256: 8d30a59df49789d442c3443264296d1520742dbaedb482f5902139dc7f6d6578
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple embedded links, with one specifically identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though malformed, contains text related to a syllabus and a URL that is also flagged as a malicious redirector. The heuristic 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' indicates the document likely attempts to trick the user into installing something, which is a common tactic for malware delivery.

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.
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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=cds+ota+english+syllabus+pdf
    • http://files.barringtonpiano.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636969/rafonibima_semirojazazuro_tefaxosigug.pdf
    • http://files.internationalbagpipeorganisation.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070051/545ec8c.pdf
    • http://files.communicationtwentyfourseven.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398097/vokubugurup_fogutozimarazaz_govefa.pdf
    • http://jonawus.camputmost.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453541/masurejotefaburabus.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8530/6782/files/konodofava.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/7079/0558/files/puratogafule.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9596/4328/files/88307114486.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6842/3334/files/desktop_support_engineer_resume.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/1868/9432/files/gapofaxugasojugavuwe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8764/3302/files/72684601302.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2027/1259/files/wuvuj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5161/3334/files/bright_futures_handbook.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5427/5479/files/bitter_almonds_book.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9590/8761/files/22192084650.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4251/2802/files/bixikot.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000623d.bin
14167c4d2b2a4c18a1356379c66538fe21000bf8a87f5a5adcf20f1d9e493bfd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x623D 5352 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000747b.bin
d66fbdeee693292c6469942c75bbfb62c1a1d46288eccaeece74f7cd23bdd0c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x747B 14952 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000a2dc.bin
a542ec26cea93e049a2e27cd59b1347dd9bbdea13775fd7b822b3c2b3136116f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA2DC 4324 bytes