Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb6228545463d4c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.6 KB Created: 2020-08-06 11:30:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: bb8b4429c3a6941d1ce035dea53458f5 SHA-1: 74615d9a998abf00878261e31b1909c3a6efe197 SHA-256: cb6228545463d4c68b7be15e72e1ffcc17b15c929e61096466317f48bbde42b0
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to benign-looking resources on Shopify. However, one critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector infrastructure. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking malicious links under the guise of academic content, likely leading to further malware delivery or phishing attempts. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and link farm are indicative of a malicious redirection campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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=social+and+emotional+development+in+adolescence+pdf
    • http://files.pfume.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383924/2205199.pdf
    • http://files.bohemiacollections.net/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398406/a93bd4a33a4a.pdf
    • http://files.fathertomsfamilycoffee.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437362/vonerevisosaweza.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0446/0855/3123/files/calculus_by_anton_10th_edition.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1125/2132/files/45697649112.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9972/4702/files/ambition_in_macbeth.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7027/5237/files/xovibevon.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5197/3789/files/ncert_11th_class_chemistry_textbook.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2739/8807/files/86070774375.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7881/1810/files/zezamotesaxokitulusijela.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/76222514852.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5253/1869/files/jidudalelabewibe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9969/2958/files/fupomevovidijadujexir.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3309/1480/files/67697025262.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9664/6556/files/13363870888.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/rabilividobakomitunaxizug.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_off00006e9b.bin
51d56a8ac8e885d10555d13572a34b216c441dbce28b3456e8b7a0d42af88e1c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E9B 5368 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000080de.bin
254ad5fa5b4fdb7a05473f1281d5a005f85bb757d9d6df29d809c6a774ac6d8d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x80DE 10556 bytes