Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab195ddcc4fb0c0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.9 KB Created: 2020-08-07 19:03:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: ffb4f25b13db30652588f8c942d0c7f0 SHA-1: 0bd277cfbc028c40e3c899a1e68f820829498ecc SHA-256: ab195ddcc4fb0c0c8d3e739b067394dfd5c1ed43f296fb1dd3698c34b31885cf
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to a redirector service. The primary malicious link identified is 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=all+history+books+in+urdu+free+download+pdf', which is designed to lure users into downloading potentially harmful content. The document body text, though garbled, includes the same keyword, reinforcing the lure. The presence of numerous external links suggests a link farm or a mechanism for distributing further malicious content.

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=all+history+books+in+urdu+free+download+pdf
    • http://files.boysandgirlsclubofpembroke.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437236/fofonubipexujuv-sasemumo-xaditisoroga-wufoxoxataxo.pdf
    • http://files.facesbeautyboutique.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682862/8038064.pdf
    • http://files.nyunderground.info/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712006/jutaxaxa-sodowasameso-zofekujiwe.pdf
    • http://files.crewofthree.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969352/kivavu_ripelowavasa_tekoniwuruvilex_sarixatemixut.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8461/1733/files/59788731853.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2168/1315/files/99052463343.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/1251/1128/files/76220037352.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/xidab.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/0034/6270/files/adobe_acrobat_reader_word_to.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2191/0694/files/roxodewoxubegajom.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0451/7871/6311/files/patterns_of_enterprise_application_architecture_2020.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3519/6568/files/xezixum.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5797/0329/files/wokasugiwibogi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5244/9435/files/sisawuragadadam.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1281/6034/files/pugidu.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_off000050c5.bin
1d4218bdb4d38e68ba2ca9253f91a2e6787e85afca8fa836c87b7ff1acf31898
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x50C5 5516 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00006395.bin
ab2591dbb9fc656a0343a58e8aa1fd7820b770c75b3a9ae4e2788f572bdca199
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6395 10292 bytes