Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae6247c103af7295…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.2 KB Created: 2020-08-23 15:23:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 0589d01a44f653a1ac16fb0e48e2d908 SHA-1: d9962bf36156b044419bf8213db8306abea06880 SHA-256: ae6247c103af729552964537be107844796e5ea1fbfbd3ad51aa1858e8b72319
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, which is also present in the document body. This link is disguised as a download for 'utorrent 64 bit windows 8', indicating a social engineering lure. The PDF also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external links, many of which point to benign Shopify domains, but the primary malicious redirector is the key indicator. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

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.com/pify?keyword=utorrent++64+bit+windows+8
    • http://files.thegreatescaperiverlookout.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606719/gaduniwameboki-negejaxofaleb-nubegaf.pdf
    • http://files.neurosurgerytraining.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438459/513b6.pdf
    • http://files.antiaginguniversity.net/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380788/popiteburawukotekab.pdf
    • http://rererox.cindypstevens.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681670/9868557.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/5294/7873/files/metric_measurement_worksheets_grade_5.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4555/2290/files/rumudamiwolosubajoz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/8641/9870/files/cardiovascular_risk_stratification_guidelines.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8289/0912/files/89720828413.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/0634/5895/files/zoology_mcqs_books.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6807/0815/files/parts_of_air_conditioning_system.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7352/7203/files/40455765023.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1478/2104/files/alternating_series_test_problems.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3382/9271/files/allianz_se_financial_report.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0401/0389/files/q1043_hottest_mom.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0505/1029/files/34814688336.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/4914/6778/files/partes_del_cerebro_humano.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6644/2406/files/gazemizufufewefis.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_off00006131.bin
1ec7bfe8a8252cbc973a980bc8dbc9124256ad6eee33280bcced53d3564e5080
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6131 5236 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007320.bin
715f75217d53b10fce6d2f20940c01197d3bd6f2338a76a9786f71d6c3347f83
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7320 14576 bytes