Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96f6204de9b9a70a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

61.5 KB Created: 2020-07-08 12:19:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 90978c8590ab89f8de1ae1b5a8884319 SHA-1: 4e3295297f2115ba67b1f29f772f39eb39309dc1 SHA-256: 96f6204de9b9a70a8f0fdb8683da40b23977e34ed59802e9ce1d0a4239b8ef1a
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to a link farm hosted on files.littlesharkandco.com. One of the primary links directs the user to a malicious redirector at ttraff.ru, which is likely used to funnel victims to further malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same URL as the primary malicious redirector, reinforcing the intent to lure users to malicious sites.

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.ru/wb?keyword=explain%20biot%20savart%20law%20and%20its%20applications%20pdf
    • http://files.littlesharkandco.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739769/470126.pdf
    • http://files.shaftesburyyoungpeople.org/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637325/bigema.pdf
    • http://files.rscareersupport.org/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871648/c3a5e85fdebeb12.pdf
    • http://files.pdkualberta.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131452794/d2861bd982.pdf
    • http://files.425sqn.org/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814642/zotazaboma.pdf
    • http://files.spamitzvah.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131384789/2268709.pdf
    • http://files.tengutaiko.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873830/328260.pdf
    • http://files.adelaide-pilates.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739761/zijupepojumoviziwese.pdf
    • http://files.agsoba-na.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131456012/nexejepeza-vapuzag-zixivefega-jemigimot.pdf
    • https://ditokixexup.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/27715165627.pdf
    • https://kizutakogoz.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/wukememinakexemufepepuwo.pdf
    • https://dasawiduved.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/rofumewedisigovajup.pdf
    • https://rakelogexexo.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/56737770543.pdf
    • https://mafegazavete460328079.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/mozofufefexutijafanesoji.pdf
    • https://pelidabavigi.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/17681723630.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/
    • https://kizutakogoz.files.wordpress.com/2020

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000916f.bin
b829fa7da0a68ade0d8b189dcb33c5293c47f766e9580f3c8946a1a8976c7789
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x916F 5136 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000a2f4.bin
c9b544bd8d56b1d3cee1e35fcced9707c5326fcf933cb3e94f1ed5de6dfdea7e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA2F4 15460 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000d36e.bin
f49fba9a07d747c2aef75333049da5f6c2dc0df6e319fb1bc343e90b01369d66
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD36E 16196 bytes