Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfe6e5b26c239b5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.0 KB Created: 2020-07-24 01:31:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 460ecd2e3930fc6fca97b9d984204cc8 SHA-1: ce032592bf04f2bad0f57a0b5b2f698715d6d337 SHA-256: bfe6e5b26c239b5b33311828a49ac8d376a2cc58d07097e050b8e8bfd45c8cce
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, with a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a lure related to 'Alliance wow classic guide'. The primary malicious URL, 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=alliance+wow+classic+guide', is likely used to redirect users to a malicious payload or phishing site. The presence of a large number of external PDF links also indicates a link farm, potentially for SEO manipulation or distributing further malicious content.

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=alliance+wow+classic+guide
    • http://files.charitytrainingservices.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740619/wukowalimirim.pdf
    • http://files.thirstquencherneckware.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695492/836b264c1.pdf
    • http://files.diazcounseling.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740589/xazexor.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8716/6628/files/bomuposatevij.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5453/8656/files/56246779560.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6085/3912/files/70595601787.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7321/6411/files/29815428904.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/75815848510.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5254/7739/files/93252956087.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/rodol.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9199/2480/files/41639641010.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7015/2088/files/36137631585.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7047/9768/files/58487206978.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9177/9999/files/99320237696.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5981/3279/files/nuzowoke.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_off0001dda8.bin
b48a45f7775c2bda81488b44ea2bf95dafb6b22616759708d16c44e33f60cb9d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DDA8 4892 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001ee5a.bin
5ad73e0ad4ccf31f0d268feef5e0737348305891c556cb7eee24eadb925d05d7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EE5A 10588 bytes