Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fa97c0c1c1d84e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.4 KB Created: 2020-08-30 20:09:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: fedd4d15cc30338b0d4f9f44f5285c39 SHA-1: 284714d599df8c36f6b9a3652a6e67411b6e88f6 SHA-256: 8fa97c0c1c1d84e1cdfd694b0ea1f7b0fc9b5d14130bb9d4904e5fc3c6025913
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, typical for phishing campaigns. It contains a critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK heuristic firing, pointing to 'https://ttraff.cc/wix?keyword=skylark+english+grammar+book+5+pdf'. This URL is likely used to redirect the user to a malicious site. The PDF also contains a PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic, indicating it's part of a larger network of linked PDFs, further suggesting a malicious intent to distribute content or lure users.

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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 34 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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/wix?keyword=skylark+english+grammar+book+5+pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/6290de_51d67bf0452d49eaa8b585b34939e5f6.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_2bc9f02fb3f44690aa5f951b8747ba9e.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_79c503918db642ea8fd40569d4896876.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_a14da25cc78048a3a60dba82ab30c952.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/f80014_ed9ab51ae2604390b4cca1b51fcd1d4b.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_4912825f01514350b65ddd54cb9076a2.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_36ab2292abc746c7bd03bf81886881ef.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_3bb1240c36df4070a09f433bd2f94fb8.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4397/7366/files/nifegokanuponu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2274/4741/files/58643698734.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8044/1238/files/lire_journal_echourouk_algrie_d_aujourd_hui.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/4963/2415/files/kasovidapo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2281/8212/files/mapa_turistico_cartagena_murcia.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_20120a4b11384d389bb93c1fe5809df7.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_0a9c41132ada4ed8a25eb7fa1c4e5b61.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_623b77815142466584cc69fe5b4dead3.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_5c6a4457b9b645ce8099dee94f1ce2a6.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/71fd01_ae36c2d59cc2439c98f87ec14c5d2f65.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_off00004bdf.bin
98189eb437d335175ba2377d00dd495b86f62b335ae416b6075f275207c5c264
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4BDF 5988 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000600a.bin
5b9263723239a7e4b376d6730a4a84eda59ba623889905d1d9e86bbe0d720930
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x600A 8020 bytes