Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b167e9a221857dc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.9 KB Created: 2020-08-21 21:32:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 6586cca26ba3ea84d67d556e6e2761ca SHA-1: c367257cf30202f5416ceffb523b07424787cfad SHA-256: b167e9a221857dc3df48d21f9ee185db83370a2219b83414ed74180a11ffd672
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a heuristic firing for PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK, indicating it points to known malicious infrastructure. The document body explicitly mentions 'Valiant Hearts apk data' and contains a URL that redirects to 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=valiant+hearts+apk+data'. This suggests a social engineering lure to trick users into clicking the link, likely leading to malware download or a phishing page. The PDF also contains a PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic, with numerous links pointing to Shopify domains, though the primary malicious link is the redirector.

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=valiant+hearts+apk+data
    • http://digaf.jamesekdahl.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682229/tixubadapod.pdf
    • http://nuxumuvir.babyg-lash.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775583/1617803.pdf
    • http://files.adamwilliamchalmers.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132815791/vilujegol.pdf
    • http://dubuda.lhsfootball.us/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437906/febakupalim-nuginux-tefivofotizubi-mefutudef.pdf
    • http://files.just-jane-designs.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739658/5366934.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7055/3250/files/duzen.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2417/7557/files/28992658356.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6263/1326/files/ashby_material_selection_in_mechanical_design.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1310/2998/files/acrylonitrile_butadiene_styrene_abs.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3041/2454/files/74491507877.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3196/9438/files/74579945489.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/37741658126.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8632/2600/files/xakezozidugober.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7077/4693/files/44096019865.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/83583068491.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000064a8.bin
ed108e6ae30a418c1a7cc39da3f899c327a08055945ccdf15157bdea122bac26
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x64A8 3500 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007145.bin
7e7640cb75698c42aefc31a828be9daf79ebc8f12dbe632d87d0091cd1946acf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7145 5076 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00008278.bin
f192af21a7d5ade04c9927d4c1e9ad1c3033c8b8c2c1ea9ab40a7c335a0d9023
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8278 10528 bytes