Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e91df132449cf07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.7 KB Created: 2020-09-02 07:50:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: f672b90dda03d72eeb925485cdcc65d6 SHA-1: 3a42a2e8208b1af93b247a097e0185ca3360cd28 SHA-256: 8e91df132449cf0731b98924e070dd37fdefc5a583bca7ac42d07489266db655
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple embedded links, with a critical heuristic firing indicating a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text that appears to be a lure for a 'dark souls 3 pyromancer beginner guide' and includes the malicious URL. Another critical heuristic identified a PDF link farm, suggesting a tactic to artificially boost search engine rankings or distribute malicious links. The presence of a remote support lure heuristic indicates a potential social engineering attempt to gain further access.

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.
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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.club/wix?keyword=dark+souls+3+pyromancer+beginner+guide
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6282/0005/files/avatar_games_free_for_laptop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5481/6665/files/portfolio_templates_for_designers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3962/9218/files/reading_and_writing_skills_grade_11_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4847/5541/files/blown_film_extrusion_machine.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4181/5718/files/61939091461.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/0fdb6d_7f8e39b7c90e45119c0388f0ddbb9b8f.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/f34823_9cad0854ba774c31aaa0bba0acd3c6dd.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/2f8cea_69e79c473eec4ce9aae31aeef4af0d25.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/fd3290_91ea57a957d04cf9ba297a014b6604a8.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/5af86b_a5677410188c4d3dbf06ab990d6ffc48.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/26481d_664074adc2d34da68429c581f309b3a2.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/d90490_22f5d66c079a4715b186aca594173f89.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/97aff7_9299750ce8a74876807fa4c4a60de25d.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/299074_b68fb3d0ef6e4244b52259c68aaeb0e5.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/a18aa6_c3168576b3174526ab923a39b6ff21d2.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_off0000667a.bin
b458021dd5b09a846a5b4694e0109cdec47eb567f7fbb1474595d7d472cec8a8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x667A 5860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007a61.bin
f0315bb75fc83e75f569525c4931277300e6605668bd052843adbedb665c5910
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7A61 10504 bytes