Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b23379aaf47b755…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.7 KB Created: 2020-08-04 21:32:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: bf54d0e4c14256d00f1b9a0bbb79d66c SHA-1: 1a3de6feb4f2cc98df139b2de917718a7ad7476d SHA-256: 9b23379aaf47b755bf93dda9474a711dc2a3ac02e409d830a707efe763638bd2
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, with one specifically identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though partially corrupted, suggests a lure related to a 'manual for ring doorbell 2'. The presence of a link farm heuristic further indicates a malicious intent to drive traffic to external sites, likely for further exploitation or phishing. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious verdict.

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.ru/wb?keyword=manual%20for%20ring%20doorbell%202
    • http://files.paraglidinginkorea.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437330/6514853.pdf
    • http://files.maltiel.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738639/wuwafipum-lukofifafe.pdf
    • http://files.bookhivebeerclub.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969910/f65beae6b726.pdf
    • http://files.oasischurchaiken.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437806/284894.pdf
    • http://files.sacredheartjc.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453214/wasajur.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9915/1768/files/gosixevibuxovenum.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7533/8391/files/39807382013.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4684/6107/files/60352233043.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8438/1337/files/57501166151.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/6669/3534/files/molodoladukudotidufakar.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0043/0746/files/mapoxatumojozazijepiz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8560/1695/files/nozapekupobip.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3192/8730/files/88990550639.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7441/2949/files/rilowujokik.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6519/6197/files/mini_budget_2020_pakistan.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9505/5777/files/50641341159.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5982/2244/files/household_budget_sheet.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2313/0009/files/26540091055.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_off000051f0.bin
cbd57676f4ae9f60751c4abba38a0b4dff4851e884f24429d976afee6a3581c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x51F0 5176 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000063a8.bin
7dc4ba9a119d793816728971a9bc799633ad7e93a37f9022cf19936e34117c3b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x63A8 10084 bytes