Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9140d3e11867c2b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

56.1 KB Created: 2020-08-05 02:32:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 5bcd18c4735058c790fcadaad429d4b7 SHA-1: 30fe42c9a2802ee6b6e369965aa0e88d364a764d SHA-256: 9140d3e11867c2b3f71e978d868e0667e1a8e7a0cc6f188918303701f517c4dd
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links, including one that redirects to known malicious infrastructure. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to PDF conversion and a URL that appears to be a lure. The heuristic PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK confirms the presence of a link to a malicious redirector, and PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM indicates a large number of links, likely for SEO manipulation or to host further malicious content. The SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON heuristic suggests a call-to-action, reinforcing the lure aspect.

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.ru/pify?keyword=best+pdf+to+word+converter+online+for+free
    • http://files.matthewfuhrmann.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776265/233465.pdf
    • http://files.advance-drivertraining.co.uk/uploads/1/3/2/8/132814030/169928.pdf
    • http://wusevugi.reainfocus.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132815002/5153f.pdf
    • http://files.stensolo.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969682/kinegodimeverof.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4512/5281/files/free_word_roundup_games.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8491/4583/files/nalomaxaraz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7877/0076/files/83990444493.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8438/9275/files/gusufuregatino.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/4432/1945/files/alerta_amber.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4830/4797/files/40748595749.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8127/7342/files/38112797298.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0799/1208/files/quantum_mechanics_an_accessible_introduction.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3883/3816/files/92545372336.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/81603963226.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6564/7002/files/relobowozidujume.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8729/8714/files/35448307111.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/5128/4642/files/subnautica_charge_batteries.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0449/0834/7547/files/medicinal_properties_of_andrographis_paniculata.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_off00009e00.bin
5a1fb100828e8996ba78deedda278712dceadd429e2e23566eadb7fc2b2bc69e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9E00 5140 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000afae.bin
d2afd44c40f3b12db4d77371f2c163cad5c5e64f2484b492b556a64b66fe5054
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFAE 10220 bytes