Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc499ba3f4db06ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.2 KB Created: 2020-07-29 20:19:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4abe46e00d061466ba2db42dec18e4b4 SHA-1: a9baf080c587837f7159a2f4f426f25aabcbf0d4 SHA-256: dc499ba3f4db06ea2a20e0dac4cf5b4639f6bf104d1b3ed97bbe27b3b98d641e
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, with a critical heuristic firing indicating a link to known malicious redirector infrastructure at 'ttraff.com'. Another critical heuristic identified a PDF link farm, suggesting a tactic to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'worksheets for grade 3 pdf', indicating a lure to disguise the malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack pattern involves redirecting users to potentially harmful websites.

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=aspekto+ng+pandiwa+worksheets+for+grade+3+pdf
    • http://files.gisdcte.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681880/739f8.pdf
    • http://files.jcgreflexology.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132680994/jusabijifon_rokumi_bobopikegeg_defapaxibefox.pdf
    • http://files.craniosacralnashville.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969334/wegigiv_gotuz_pemulisopura.pdf
    • http://files.empowerunit.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070485/gabozanowijud.pdf
    • http://files.empowerunit.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070485/gabozano
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7257/7946/files/zalekoruvide.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9691/5621/files/wowebibexufanadofugokibo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0133/9304/files/sexoxureforajozejisiv.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9254/8515/files/puradefovotut.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6978/3720/files/70112193859.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/86662201832.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7276/6630/files/45971539007.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9915/1768/files/lenowovexubolakano.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/4386/3198/files/46395621652.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7089/7824/files/vuturugokizakugibugebomim.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4827/2023/files/6490090411.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/0133/0340/files/54578132864.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_off00007690.bin
b9ed4f322c41b7ffe4d9bac20f83616d9cbb0d6c18938cdb2b239df8215dc6df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7690 5368 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000088dd.bin
8510d025bb7be9e6b9209b45523909a0e2d41678e3e771733fad9bf547f6bc35
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x88DD 10088 bytes