Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccdf8d84e7d0e698…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.8 KB Created: 2020-08-14 09:22:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: c7649737ab4567613e60d3c38a1500eb SHA-1: 15b6b4b571c5523421303ace47f8b335a53b86ea SHA-256: ccdf8d84e7d0e6982c3b637eacb375623c213a4dd6593a1cfe985917a9d34f27
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded links, with one specifically identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains a reference to 'lookbook template indesign' and the malicious URL. This suggests a social engineering attack aiming to trick the user into visiting a malicious site, likely for further payload delivery or credential harvesting.

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=lookbook+template+indesign
    • http://files.consolineaudiovisual.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874347/1286790.pdf
    • http://files.styled4youboutique.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407152/zolojolexelaxoru.pdf
    • http://files.photographydwc.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398542/fe81cfc.pdf
    • http://terowe.speedysracingparts.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738632/2969808.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/28650507632.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9252/4700/files/convert_to_kindle_ebook_format.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/3422/9398/files/mibogogikoridagurosupo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7516/6620/files/xakejigezipulukebulozuwi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2439/2087/files/78199960654.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2312/3100/files/59452946437.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6998/7223/files/9th_grade_holt_biology_textbook.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6762/8950/files/86176808108.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6877/4807/files/nibebademug.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_off00006ac6.bin
a6a8a2701c97c5ebcd381e20f1081963f35fa954b3f283078c0b06c97014f434
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6AC6 5328 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007cca.bin
23e3c5f2992c64c8b9cde8a891e11a71ce96cfd54365328d0111980ec7f52047
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7CCA 9980 bytes