Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93d692772cc19f07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.8 KB Created: 2020-08-13 22:54:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 80e75e7a85f32eefea9c6f9010375ebd SHA-1: f8c9fce609b9acbee082c57cb55ed32c2f9181a1 SHA-256: 93d692772cc19f073e93c1da65e69ae7d04008c1f9aa865cc0ff2d16ad283e45
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to a URL designed to distribute cracked software like KMSPico. The document also exhibits a link farm and a lure for a password-protected archive, suggesting a multi-stage download or obfuscation technique. The presence of numerous benign-looking PDF links hosted on Shopify is likely a tactic to blend in with legitimate traffic and bypass initial security checks.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.cc/pify?keyword=kmspico+microsoft+office+2016
    • http://relulivi.danielshrigley.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712207/gofulomud_fisamoguzipa_fekevedozadavel.pdf
    • http://buwix.banahawhealsspa.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776791/9c9865769.pdf
    • http://files.botezatconstruction.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969241/927049.pdf
    • http://files.bigbandflorida.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739631/saxabukoj_litojapipaxu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7833/6165/files/nifuwo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4569/0266/files/97549508565.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9032/2342/files/92991378279.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9194/1781/files/white_rodgers_50a50_241_manual.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2819/3186/files/8611305924.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0447/3189/1861/files/digital_photography_a_basic_manual.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4677/3660/files/sidosowina.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0450/4626/8054/files/candy_candy_manga.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/9080/2856/files/bmtc_student_bus_pass_application_form.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/0181/3915/files/nixetujobafapalabu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0275/7281/files/72322179343.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/0254/1726/files/zebab.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_off0000657e.bin
2f06ec43fc3d94fcbee272898face1183ffdc5a66d99062f6fbcb2cbff3afb8e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x657E 5368 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000077b8.bin
0ae4af51154487a88c55d061c907fe7f0bc03f8589ac953839c77f38f31487f8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x77B8 10176 bytes