Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6155e409859235d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB Created: 2020-08-06 21:37:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4fa09bde361fa0355b23c7950be6040c SHA-1: faf41faa1ae1d20573a0818bc2b17609af1f3bd5 SHA-256: b6155e409859235d1525e96bd2468cb87909c29b123e61432874e2617a22661c
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded links, with one critical heuristic identifying a link to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to 'Cengage physical chemistry book pdf' and a URL that matches the malicious redirector. This suggests a social engineering attack aiming to trick users into downloading malicious content by disguising it as an academic resource. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of further execution stages.

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.ru/pify?keyword=cengage+physical+chemistry+book+pdf
    • http://gufereju.columbusmichael.org/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681579/abb9724bc0461.pdf
    • http://files.pawsablyhome.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437722/2863454.pdf
    • http://files.advancedortho.ca/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814687/nibolutesazawokexeme.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9359/0167/files/bharatiya_vidya_bhavan_astrology.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/3343/5029/files/minecraft_0._11._1_aptoide.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2592/4249/files/72964627974.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9405/6861/files/pakajakufajobo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4619/8683/files/akshaya_lottery_result_today.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8201/5129/files/65805323374.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4431/4011/files/ruliritilugesizorenovude.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1818/2041/files/vocational_skills_development.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/0539/3570/files/33421947159.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4987/6630/files/mamafozasaf.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1863/3894/files/binekabuforexaxozoko.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_off00005160.bin
6df924d4b249d71bbb9c982c11cedaf580743ea89df10e0c33578cfe9278eb9b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5160 5780 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000064e7.bin
3ea421542b70a861925918bf06d5eac4d238d366bca5993509957969433bef99
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x64E7 10312 bytes