Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d942874cd4c50837…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.9 KB Created: 2020-08-09 08:32:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 7fc52a489a843cee29974fc81cad90c3 SHA-1: 9dc8d9283ec966059d27fe4c4c14e99f92a94a3f SHA-256: d942874cd4c508373e16441e5bc78f69b72808f9309032ec2044ab82a94e07f3
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to a redirector service known to host malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains a reference to 'microbiology culture media manual.pdf' and a URL that aligns with the malicious redirector. This suggests the document is designed to trick users into visiting malicious sites by appearing to offer a legitimate document.

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=microbiology+culture+media+manual.+pdf
    • http://pirok.rosypetrova.online/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438477/5302386.pdf
    • http://xepezedok.yarnstashpmb.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070420/3634631.pdf
    • http://rixukawoj.artsabella.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438641/bf7da496daf1b0a.pdf
    • http://weloj.bigredlocksmiths.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453267/fubobapirokolipuwax.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1655/2605/files/62856505184.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0443/9041/6550/files/cancionero_palacio.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3871/9648/files/91863627505.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3653/3151/files/secondary_school_biology_textbook.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1620/8036/files/gabuviwupaparebumesegosip.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2134/3647/files/59657698140.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1965/7628/files/9058005959.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4347/1008/files/wiselufe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3199/4280/files/12121936959.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0718/0954/files/739419011.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5852/8405/files/veni_creator_spiritus_ocp.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/7222/3387/files/56399924775.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7539/4977/files/rubber_band_gun_plans.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2029/6090/files/54359159644.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0826/1276/files/sesekusetefuz.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/
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/7222/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014b0e.bin
81a26ab4774c7b5f90453cdc78980d3a70fb75bca61bd1456d7c9f686e6ae61a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B0E 5576 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00015e06.bin
d729c01ea09860b38122c275b8de75ca0d4eaa242d01b8d39fd50f0885248a37
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E06 15848 bytes