Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9459a7d324187d7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.0 KB Created: 2020-08-18 23:05:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 77ef61cdb1bfaa53aa5c7330915c2c0b SHA-1: 1628d6e6783abcd7e9cef9272a5c3e184664aca6 SHA-256: 9459a7d324187d7c5d0b64c9e13622beda6013249a8a712fdbebc2991c3bc9b0
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF document contains a prominent link that redirects to a known malicious URL, masquerading as a form for 'Aieee 2019'. The document also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various PDF files, likely for SEO manipulation or to host further malicious content. The presence of a 'visible LOLBin command execution instruction' heuristic suggests that the document may also contain embedded commands or instructions for executing malicious scripts or binaries, potentially leveraging tools like PowerShell.

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.
  • Visible LOLBin command execution instruction high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Document contains instructions or visible command text involving Windows script/execution tools such as PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, or regsvr32
  • 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=aieee+2019+form+last+date
    • http://files.cooriecurls.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303035/susepotetupixe_pumof_fudezotisixi.pdf
    • http://files.tiafinnauthor.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379999/3838286.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3082/2555/files/adobe_illustrator_cc_2020_shortcuts.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/2782/2749/files/reckless_love_bethel_chords.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6811/9448/files/16647317515.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5104/9370/files/61488392639.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4270/0455/files/sijirabenedunasak.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2144/2965/files/2343130905.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/8959/0427/files/36721783051.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1778/0896/files/getanevajukitexapi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/20675343362.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/6823/3630/files/april_current_affairs_2020_study_iq.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7147/1767/files/95980944998.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/0381/2773/files/tilad.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_off000061bc.bin
6083f92beb4b503e3d262d6e3d7a1f1734facbdba60758f509efb228dfb8469b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61BC 5524 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007460.bin
f2852d9db7aab5536cae59472268a294e882639e8150c5b25bc40215dde44569
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7460 10316 bytes