Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6036b1aa0e840f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.1 KB Created: 2020-08-10 19:13:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 86672dacc18b4c0dea7ead1ea8a17d65 SHA-1: 0d7a1de467a99931422b33a2b1e92e6c80448c4a SHA-256: a6036b1aa0e840f2436789f2fab209928742236760fd41a86fbf6a730222cab0
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, with one critical heuristic identifying a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'plastic waste management book pdf' and a URL that matches the malicious redirector. This suggests the document is designed to trick users into clicking the link, likely leading to a phishing or malware download site.

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/pify?keyword=plastic+waste+management+book+pdf
    • http://files.impact2success.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775561/3709239.pdf
    • http://files.nationalinnov8tive.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739155/gamawafobamimew.pdf
    • http://xiwekura.underthehill.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131405927/7301efdbf.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5122/9089/files/69672859417.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9643/2021/files/tunop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4211/1641/files/dexiruxifijisix.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9411/4465/files/teguxarubu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8351/3494/files/gagefuxixatanule.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0922/0503/files/ancora_ludovico_einaudi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3885/0719/files/hearthstone_open_all_packs.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2990/6079/files/clasificacion_de_tejidos_animales.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/86399573169.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2702/1480/files/32790763166.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6454/0840/files/approximation_questions_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/1822/1730/files/maguvisasuputupakakuvijak.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7777/1164/files/19943054261.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5459/5224/files/robunivajakitu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4443/6128/files/575257565.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://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4443/612

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00008aed.bin
5728b7073e620e599c8c7590fa7506d8896596ba09735d0d37795bd78e14f32e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8AED 5676 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009e38.bin
460ed094ae04b6320839e5395e591a244362ee53554e5a9fd81838d1ad4eb7fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9E38 10972 bytes