Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc268ad44fffc83a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.4 KB Created: 2020-08-06 17:03:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 5f73865d2eec7e24c374b6aad6e50ae0 SHA-1: b0afd407bf03cb781a8285dedb1b09caa5da8ad3 SHA-256: fc268ad44fffc83a3cf44d0172b4f3f9153d89cde279023be632a02c94b8da5b
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, a technique often used for SEO spam or to redirect users to malicious sites. One prominent link, 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=working+of+2+stroke+diesel+engine+pdf', is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body, though partially garbled, contains text related to 'working of 2 stroke diesel engine pdf', suggesting a lure to disguise the malicious intent. The presence of a large number of external PDF links further supports the SEO spam or link farm attack pattern.

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=working+of+2+stroke+diesel+engine+pdf
    • http://files.stjohnsdunellen.org/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606046/ee04d81830cd9a.pdf
    • http://files.dpjutzi.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131859370/rozimopoxabipomo.pdf
    • http://files.kujawaorchids.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775588/sipikapemuzexog.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/7927/7467/files/koxeson.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9066/4860/files/rosodipilizusaduliretu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6713/6413/files/4260782142.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/2134/2619/files/6653343291.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8606/2495/files/doosan_lynx_220_manual.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/56773010908.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/damegadunuje.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7926/1590/files/56714743005.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1838/6588/files/dawexukesimimirolozikegab.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8202/3061/files/63908049928.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1220/2389/files/vutiwovodinoleve.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7592/8215/files/42019890832.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0936/7461/files/kokitoravetitop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2997/8526/files/vugexowa.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_off00006407.bin
bb6d13bc03caf322c8e8f20062d7023eb95fdae0785547f405a34cba3af02eec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6407 5208 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000075f0.bin
608ff2bbbb6ac63b754c69a9b57d3397dc509d387273e2d2f78f2992ed10f46a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x75F0 10076 bytes