Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9140debaa3d8d68f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.8 KB Created: 2020-08-31 05:27:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 0138d1fff7db7e4d51cc46ac7c543f4a SHA-1: 0ff35c1abae8a6ebb9445489e9d23658373fa034 SHA-256: 9140debaa3d8d68f3e6b99d6207e9e1f2ff279bb3825790fec3963ca806eb3b0
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link that redirects to a known malicious domain, identified by the PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK heuristic. Additionally, the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a large number of outbound links, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning attempt. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'cheat codes' and the malicious URL, reinforcing the lure. The SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON heuristic further supports the idea of a deceptive call-to-action.

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/wix?keyword=pokemon+glazed+7b+reborn+cheat+codes
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8106/4853/files/fapamali.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5307/2022/files/50823163049.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/5932/8662/files/72150000503.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9548/1754/files/modon.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3702/3656/files/apple_pencil_annotation_app.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/078c79_db5db1a4f07642c692852bcebcc07645.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_3b60954656eb4c149fba766bfe93ab8f.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/a48928_b52a9fcb41474a50801d7ac88810a471.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/40512e_6adbe13d350841c2bf168f9cd83806ad.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_4b37cb7d5ce14beebf8bb283dede45f2.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9151/5808/files/3_abiotic_factors_in_the_tropical_rainforest.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0468/0407/4645/files/37106788805.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_off00007569.bin
7d0e7478a1048920cfd471dabbb0d5259cf8233a54b7587df60a071596c7a337
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7569 5428 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000087c0.bin
2cd2307080baee7ca88fc08835dc09e81f20a63f4195746b2ed22a0aa10475ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x87C0 10904 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000abf0.bin
b50a2106bf82917db0cd3cf88f63c5e8cc3298b343ace5cffc591b35df33d24c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xABF0 4324 bytes