Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad92ad03028c1470…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.2 KB Created: 2020-08-11 17:22:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: d72ea68359bd2403117c32dc71201d6b SHA-1: 5dabbda8df0ad0f45582d2b9fcf68d281255a2a0 SHA-256: ad92ad03028c1470b27d37b5d26ebe6a1680e1bf0834c46c0cf41a0f569fe992
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a malicious redirector link disguised as a download button, intended to lure users to a harmful destination. The heuristic PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK confirms the presence of a link to known malicious infrastructure. The PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a large number of external PDF links, likely for SEO manipulation or to obscure the malicious redirector. The document body contains obfuscated text and the malicious URL.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=assignment+writing+sample+pdf
    • http://files.ameliasclosetfilm.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070688/pagebesaxa.pdf
    • http://files.sarah-shines-art.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814758/6162942.pdf
    • http://files.asociacionperiodistaspr.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131482976/xapowej.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1121/0398/files/70549037548.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4368/2469/files/watch_the_princess_bride_online_free.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8719/9394/files/vonesa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3947/3314/files/17971596968.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/dojezurin.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/5835/4584/files/maths_exercises_for_year_1.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3019/2039/files/96041588589.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7474/7545/files/78487778815.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2764/4072/files/tokovi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9639/9269/files/minerales_alimentos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/3885/1751/files/xifikuvolaviwoxagubufuzar.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7877/9029/files/94053496753.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_off00006d52.bin
abe4efab7cfc9b57321ea44a98d657b32f5903a0d0ecb43f6093df79cbf2a5ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D52 5444 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007fc0.bin
8e9cba958cde6a537c18c8a02058688a8328212b1ff91d6eec6f8d763cb160bd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7FC0 10592 bytes