Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 948c51ec65c17b64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.1 KB Created: 2020-08-06 22:02:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 9b53fc0c78ccf670a54eba0f8c137e90 SHA-1: c2a03632d8c97c4a11ec72a8bcbb89cb4e08fa3a SHA-256: 948c51ec65c17b64e2c97689a526f6a2a01a0037f6a4fa408404d1b6883ecd71
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a lure for 'big data analytics interview questions and answers pdf' and includes a call-to-action button. It embeds multiple links, one of which, https://ttraff.ru/wb?keyword=big%20data%20analytics%20interview%20questions%20and%20answers%20pdf, is identified as a malicious redirector. The document also contains a link farm pointing to various PDFs hosted on Shopify, one of which is https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/0273/9362/files/dirigamozotelala.pdf. The presence of a malicious redirector and the SEO-optimized link farm suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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/wb?keyword=big%20data%20analytics%20interview%20questions%20and%20answers%20pdf
    • http://files.wookles.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131858661/goduxi.pdf
    • http://files.collettec.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131163969/bedane.pdf
    • http://files.mammalcommunicationlab.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132815015/9634393.pdf
    • http://files.multilanguagebox.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682640/7579488.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/0273/9362/files/dirigamozotelala.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4334/7877/files/tofaji.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5161/3334/files/xifado.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8100/7255/files/cant_hear_on_discord.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3302/4929/files/bluejacking_seminar_report.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0340/3678/files/fatuviwusivavuwese.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0643/5232/files/malivovax.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7827/1641/files/6986624068.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/kekiwimuzavenomudajelibo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1542/1600/files/airline_breathing_apparatus.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5314/6517/files/dawomijidokozewana.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3556/5978/files/41248289111.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_off0000a157.bin
af9786fdb2508d7d971d215f38097705044e993214a9f3683658bb78d2d20640
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA157 5752 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000b51e.bin
7fce501009667c5b8bfff38ab7a946dd000a0858c9bdddc0f4c1eddde1c05c0f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB51E 11108 bytes