Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 911f83df854182c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.0 KB Created: 2020-09-05 05:10:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 661955c3942f0741ee478a63472f0f00 SHA-1: 9560457e7d5dd4349afb5c582b265650a6c73577 SHA-256: 911f83df854182c3e8e79cb7c3c7214969d21da7f36f1f768c6a217b38c820ef
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, with one specifically pointing to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same URL and keyword as the malicious redirector link, suggesting a lure for users to click on potentially harmful content. The presence of numerous external PDF links further supports a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic.

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.link/wix?keyword=chemical+kinetics+problems+with+answers+pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/ebbcbd_1463d4dd44d04b2fb6e486c0039dbf5f.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b56239_f9be83ef23264607a7c29bccf721dd1f.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/ea2c45_9660cc890c1149e2b30a1598a67e5510.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/d775a9_c41a79cb38ca4594a33035974410227f.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/c6ac46_bf4790414e3b4f509ec1cb99f0100d9d.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8038/3653/files/spotify_android_hack.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1956/6231/files/zomad.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6785/8334/files/thomas_calculus_11th_edition_solution_full_book.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3519/7602/files/rpg_maker_mv_sprite.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4980/3159/files/wukum.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3304/2839/files/84_asanas_of_hatha_yoga.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1726/3510/files/calvin_and_hobbes_online.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0511/4528/files/the_economist_style_guide_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4512/5281/files/2011_ford_escape_manual.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7950/7872/files/64656925474.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0378/1013/files/wutenitifiwu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9431/7981/files/metformina_850_usos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3858/8584/files/expanded_form_definition.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_off0000833c.bin
0ebfe920abe01fa262fee5cd5c3ea58297afceb7cae29bd80a572f6dc3307bff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x833C 5596 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000961d.bin
ed5a1a77bc84039e468727744fe3fa089e58cb1061dc437b06146e609c6b1de5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x961D 17056 bytes