Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdcebb179a02af26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.8 KB Created: 2020-08-06 03:53:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: c46ca25034690daae99ef3d91275a314 SHA-1: b42ddab755ceb6e6c128a24d3541813c4fd08a13 SHA-256: fdcebb179a02af261f0adab949dfaa7d780a13ef286926fb0091b15087a52801
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing indicating it links to known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body, though malformed, contains a URL that appears to be a lure for downloading 'biology notes'. This URL redirects to `https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=biology+notes+for+class+11+pdf+download`, which is flagged as malicious. The PDF also contains a large number of external links, many pointing to shopify domains, suggesting a link farm for SEO manipulation to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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/pify?keyword=biology+notes+for+class+11+pdf+download
    • http://files.plowmancompetition.org/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969389/gijizenusovi-budemik-jarotozutun.pdf
    • http://files.frenetik.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453493/8768938.pdf
    • http://files.healingnotesllc.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776381/2402564.pdf
    • http://files.annastouch.net/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606533/wosudazawis.pdf
    • http://files.livinginnobility.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740033/d9aa3416571d.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2396/5080/files/collection_and_cryopreservation_of_gametes_and_embryos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8996/1884/files/gugedozagezulinurip.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8316/0999/files/jirijuxewugajugu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7899/1518/files/9994509110.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/0470/7491/files/xojefebazogokeravepuzunoz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1261/1481/files/sports_vocabulary_quiz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1945/2063/files/xaguzesuvuza.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9874/3719/files/firupiwamuxan.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6960/2978/files/wibeluwabumupi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8581/6217/files/jujogopefozewiraletej.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6728/5408/files/vumumisodu.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000069f7.bin
9023e88d695da74b185d8de955d9f9eec7b3a781328dda2556d76ccc407cc517
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x69F7 5408 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007c7f.bin
39dbe8499b988a1d95e1b7cd3eda31b8e149d8ae2b5454029cec44c3fae02f3e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7C7F 10388 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000a010.bin
a542ec26cea93e049a2e27cd59b1347dd9bbdea13775fd7b822b3c2b3136116f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA010 4324 bytes