Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0e323c68c5e2de8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.6 KB Created: 2020-08-17 04:12:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 51bea9298da5a36c511ce39f9de85b11 SHA-1: bf4b3014ca1b736e11b2cd131fad5aa3dd506400 SHA-256: f0e323c68c5e2de8453ac199f2a4496910a51c9963f277582eccb40ab72d71f1
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a lure related to an 'online application form for nsfas 2019' and embeds a link to a known malicious redirector. The presence of a link farm and a call-to-action phrase further supports a malicious intent to redirect the user to harmful content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a phishing or redirection attack.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=online+application+form+for+nsfas+2019
    • http://files.connecticutghosthunter.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131381109/kuluba.pdf
    • http://simuderiz.skipperstone.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379578/guzemawitadigox-pesesakevu-pusabirawifo.pdf
    • http://files.letspaintwithauntdeb.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874518/tifojo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4272/5275/files/38032991876.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3536/1442/files/90591419001.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7093/7498/files/nukasimobaf.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5308/7901/files/laws_of_algebra_of_sets.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9751/2354/files/samude.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2630/0575/files/pazip.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6137/1290/files/67981790832.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2862/7099/files/biliwonituwilobagefurixof.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7863/2095/files/58089154742.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5448/1058/files/komosofakuwegufupu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7664/9124/files/wipemewolurofu.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_off00006451.bin
3d036170af3325e47dc41a35795c5ebf798c9a451200fdad0cee19983706fc1f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6451 5672 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007785.bin
014f5cd44583898be8bd5d326235e4ac3027354f7182d45fa3db160f7a90249c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7785 9968 bytes