Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a17a89b7b48fcead…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.4 KB Created: 2020-07-08 16:14:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 7c464145e48220993c2e8703a7cf5baf SHA-1: e547b73e0fcd865a0eeda4c284326e1fb372636d SHA-256: a17a89b7b48fcead74afa3f545bf6214ec0c8aa45bafe012c7d809574ad490ba
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document exhibits malicious behavior through its embedded links. The PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK heuristic indicates a direct link to a known malicious redirector, while the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic reveals a large number of external PDF links, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute further malicious content. The document body contains a mix of seemingly random text and the identified URLs, reinforcing the malicious redirection and link farm attack patterns.

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.com/wb?keyword=ritter%20204%20manual%20exam%20table
    • http://files.rsvpvolunteercaregivers.org/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681824/navate.pdf
    • http://files.burghyart.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871772/vevelu.pdf
    • http://files.jasonsmurphy.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380915/e64b9e76f.pdf
    • http://files.happycentric.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606674/90d3e.pdf
    • http://files.reuniontheatregroup.org/uploads/1/3/2/3/132302810/xevoterekonaxol_sogagejefepaje_sufiluxafate.pdf
    • http://files.krgriffiths.org/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874129/96dffd9.pdf
    • http://files.creativeconsulting.marketing/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383959/3198923.pdf
    • http://files.iskconlasvegas.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873849/gigorijikol.pdf
    • http://files.richardgoldsworthy.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437445/9901431.pdf
    • https://judipexiwe.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/65843509771.pdf
    • https://magamutasadu.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/gepagofifexarisu.pdf
    • https://kolifapotu.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/17361874934.pdf
    • https://kopuzikofofa.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/64239799659.pdf
    • https://kopugugew.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/giganunidamisuza.pdf
    • https://selijowo.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/xemexofarudes.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/figarawevig.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/23535065851.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/tobilefoseparavako.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_off00006677.bin
9c9528a7910e059f4c4c90af8fd2b57f150f0e52ba5e0de4198192f7029160ce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6677 5000 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007759.bin
1decf5e8a0b27151700e06217cd06d1514ea2ef40b9300d5a8e1324e61eadc48
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7759 14668 bytes