Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3f712fbbc7725f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.8 KB Created: 2020-08-09 01:49:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 6c3216204f33f3f2245327d765fdcfca SHA-1: 1154c36640d03512ad3076df0ae80f98c7539a8c SHA-256: e3f712fbbc7725f89387c3c78cb6d1b85e3b0ca2fa62f41e8550a15ea80c47ae
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, but one critical link directs to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the URL that leads to the malicious redirector, suggesting a lure to a phishing or malware distribution site. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into clicking a link that appears to be related to a benign document topic.

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=list+of+comparison+of+adjectives+pdf
    • http://files.envisioncareersuccess.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695663/2581687.pdf
    • http://files.fumcsealy.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739311/8a8597ac592.pdf
    • http://files.silasclifford-smith.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438692/tuzilefo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9302/4149/files/fallout_4_ign_wiki.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9481/9484/files/56804395561.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0990/8642/files/xadez.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5431/8239/files/lewinuxemuvotu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4295/4661/files/64504999473.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9744/6816/files/jufirubividivukofopoja.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0258/4480/files/75878043902.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8042/4351/files/gevemofilibakonila.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/9899/4856/files/43379996480.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3966/1986/files/zogoritub.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5173/6471/files/mabaponobiw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8008/9760/files/ramidilab.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4751/7341/files/7398471482.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_off00006257.bin
4e6b8167ee68c795df27eaa75d22e829cafd6810cd7d085c135f7deb4842a731
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6257 5348 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007482.bin
30b633754af068e04b520b644fcd61a18c5a09a336ceeed125b7f531c92e2278
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7482 13284 bytes