Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2f07d4e910a4417…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.6 KB Created: 2020-08-20 05:17:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 2fb035104593ae9b2599e109fc83202d SHA-1: 062b78e48c14fbf4ba5dc8f9dc75731343830f1e SHA-256: d2f07d4e910a4417bb925bb03fe8e249849b8247a70630bc805fd793c758a03d
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded links, with one critical heuristic firing indicating a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text referencing 'Netbeans 8.2 user guide pdf' and a URL that matches the malicious redirector. This suggests a social engineering attack aiming to trick users into visiting a malicious site by masquerading as a legitimate document download.

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.com/pify?keyword=netbeans+8.+2+user+guide+pdf
    • http://jufuf.ysifilms.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874493/095f28f.pdf
    • http://gumaji.culturalenquiry.co.uk/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775413/fimoxi-newon-tedowumemesox.pdf
    • http://files.musicalcolts.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131381519/xawavuvene.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8861/8396/files/teduzupowitapavisog.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7201/1931/files/18934146660.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8547/1656/files/julius_caesar_english_translation.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5649/6791/files/gudusivimafuwonilekujibev.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0450/2516/5476/files/whistleblower_complaint_transcript_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/vunumegosuvuvorewufo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0873/6928/files/kexulugomojagasaxugaxiti.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/1131/5611/files/vudifakodesojolebisadeg.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1227/5870/files/ducky_12_mini.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2781/4810/files/gartner_ai_report_2019.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4721/4486/files/biological_control_of_plant_diseases_book.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_off0000c212.bin
ec3c5d4baefe4c32d1435be3aa28197e9ee5ed5de3b36424d256ae334c87cc41
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC212 5644 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d552.bin
682deaf78b99992e47869adde251ced384dd3f395d0a38b54f8fca446d691ef7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD552 14052 bytes