Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96975ee7dd701258…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.5 KB Created: 2020-08-21 08:56:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: a3a5a0ad5828926b4ac0ecce81a1cbce SHA-1: 9db865b4ca8b4f4bb938e5d10ed089900cf32e68 SHA-256: 96975ee7dd701258e72e71b4d451ad7a95e8047ee194f9bd5d6989568857b3ae
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded links, with one heuristic specifically identifying a link to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to an annual report, suggesting a lure. The primary malicious IOC is the redirector URL, which likely leads to further malicious content or exploits. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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=cantabria+labs+annual+report
    • http://fefos.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738950/1165333.pdf
    • http://xomorik.trenchlessmd.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681946/timifupe.pdf
    • http://files.shiftcowork.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379296/resusirujodomav.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/1024/2198/files/23186646040.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4071/0566/files/lulodunusokel.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8494/7357/files/69911085900.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/3120/6808/files/xizareruzezo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0446/0707/8564/files/kaleidoscope_images_to.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8368/5270/files/polygamy_in_south_africa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/4626/3201/files/8045672862.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1708/4833/files/58763890761.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5560/4134/files/coca_cola_history.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9538/3446/files/tobibutafuwisuxoxuwe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0328/1571/files/brink_season_2.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00006815.bin
258fa357c0f3ba5c319f2f2cf787ebfe30be4a1e3fce1f487a0323cd776fefae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6815 4856 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007891.bin
a36eee06fef6ce219692c4ec918276ac99413e4fd1e3666e4031624f9289d620
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7891 1800 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000811e.bin
b08a712dafc620925f93a1b5115ded6eb5a234202009821cc51d1cd85d46bb25
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x811E 10840 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000a651.bin
267047f5df84f183f1824fb9cc4b186ae88411380bf5861dd651f7b6f0294e4c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA651 16696 bytes