Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9e76f6660e46c64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.0 KB Created: 2020-08-25 09:10:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: be5f9569d8feceed2b47f0e2a69da995 SHA-1: c7f26af54bafff46ccb2df8df3af7fa5bb37df8c SHA-256: d9e76f6660e46c643fd8062b882b7ab26bab5e270397a1bdf94accecbafe3c61
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a mass external link farm, with one prominent link directing to a known malicious redirector. The document body text, though partially corrupted, includes phrases like 'Adobe pdf reader sign in' and references to wkhtmltopdf, suggesting a lure to trick users into clicking the malicious URL. The presence of numerous PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, indicates a sophisticated attempt to obscure the malicious destination.

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.com/pify?keyword=adobe+pdf+reader+sign+in
    • http://rotenapof.saspruikle.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739430/2943932.pdf
    • http://files.alyssadanna.net/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740905/zegatolifexit_nedanumutezar_zetedunedolupe_pufubuzijojezak.pdf
    • http://files.woodlandsfrenchies.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383553/buvomagedax_dopiriveluk.pdf
    • http://files.euphoriacalm.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969089/6255827.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4003/8302/files/kosakes.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9662/7616/files/download_gratuito.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1339/7913/files/penigamijovefidoxad.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5824/9380/files/kidupoloxet.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1963/1765/files/39381513551.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0411/6637/files/antiepileptic_drugs_pharmacology.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9143/5422/files/20604720305.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5734/7741/files/22598967255.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6939/0500/files/92278638631.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4890/2557/files/yum_update_vmware_tools_centos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9149/9935/files/kiwubodujo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7679/7081/files/jovafamomimivuge.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6630/1343/files/gulp_command_not_found.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00006dc4.bin
33136b842f6bd106e017fada49a22d026cb5bdfaf7e3a482ca07b3049e7bce60
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6DC4 5012 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007ecf.bin
3466f2fb7b6f4fa0ac67e380ada3db4de0412beefe32c889891d10408fa8cb77
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7ECF 10044 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000a122.bin
0d0f64e27578eb124b8bc81c7eceacdd166e22eddd95c81328e9fbd7de2a6333
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA122 4324 bytes