Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e188bfa4e18287ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.0 KB Created: 2020-07-15 00:19:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 89c55741d2a7a32367e0e8cda92f3af4 SHA-1: ce02dd52407f1a48162712af46a3154ca7bc409a SHA-256: e188bfa4e18287ff7ee5a816d8fbd54d9c2e5988749bf0a76fce19b38dfa82d0
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing indicating it links to a known malicious redirector. Additionally, it features a mass external PDF link farm, suggesting a tactic to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content. The embedded URLs are likely used to lure users into clicking on malicious links, potentially leading to further compromise.

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.ru/wb?keyword=esc%20syncope%20guidelines%20pdf
    • http://files.shoptrueblessings.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131381900/novifovowosoxesupo.pdf
    • http://files.clendenning.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132680955/2897816.pdf
    • http://files.lauraavnaim.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969819/0ec2ee5.pdf
    • http://files.fhwellness-ca.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453214/suxazivujugi.pdf
    • http://files.rekindlebylisa.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131857580/rorewomido_gatexido_dagogezak_gatuvijotosotis.pdf
    • http://files.beenwheredonethat.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739251/raxetoribev.pdf
    • http://files.maarch.net/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437504/suvonozu_xebeta.pdf
    • http://files.clayassociates.org/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712040/b04fa3622f7f96.pdf
    • http://files.budrejko.org/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740337/kukujapuza_nibamibepisa_mosudi_gakoromoxemaf.pdf
    • http://files.clayassociates.org/uploads/1/3/2/7/1327
    • https://vevumoruv.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/xakuwesika.pdf
    • https://naruxodusuv.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/nagakajevanigur.pdf
    • https://zisepata.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/67070697955.pdf
    • https://jitazip.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/36110615061.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/54313135065.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9732/5732/files/tibedaguzazefudiwupokiwe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7192/2591/files/73777683556.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/4927/1975/files/18034323651.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4028/5607/files/69114526111.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9236/1887/files/29300038821.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/46605756913.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_off000076a7.bin
bf06afc7d2a486f29efb2b00a22e32dcd739dab3cd8ee65b2a004b1c6fe4fcf7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x76A7 4880 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008756.bin
212bbac3462b106089b40c8357e937664b631837035fe685d4ed0e88cec9adb4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8756 10252 bytes