Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe23a22305fb4bd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.2 KB Created: 2020-07-09 11:59:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: f4db6cf27b435fadd4569f6571d44cea SHA-1: cd76d59c05cb0ed87e91f982e72ae0ea8150e949 SHA-256: fe23a22305fb4bd242867ac0360d4c169142b7d334726db7f6adf83f7aedb09e
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to known malicious redirectors or link farms designed to host further malicious content. The document body, though obfuscated, suggests a lure related to 'church security policy and procedures' and includes a call-to-action phrase, aligning with social engineering tactics. The presence of a malicious redirector link indicates an attempt to lead the user to a compromised or malicious site.

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=church+security+policy+and+procedures
    • http://files.ddeacademy.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131857476/55737269.pdf
    • http://files.thegirlsfromguantanamo.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681938/2217839fd6588e.pdf
    • http://files.dicksmarketgardens.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856770/8683407.pdf
    • http://files.jewellhjohnson.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132816158/252b1d3f634b0.pdf
    • http://files.centralbluemountainsgardenclub.com.au/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637074/386f9.pdf
    • http://files.brandonmoorecomposition.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438766/muxigem.pdf
    • http://files.wsfishfarm.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131378779/2554714.pdf
    • http://files.kingsporthorses.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383553/1742861.pdf
    • http://files.hsc3knives.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969243/a00465f049b.pdf
    • https://pusekokami.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/nimizojedegajuvonokonazi.pdf
    • https://karutetok765055257.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/77880261114.pdf
    • https://pavofetijula.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/77825762673.pdf
    • https://rigumiroviwe.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/lisiforiwutelikezelexijid.pdf
    • https://pibadazar.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/mejeb.pdf
    • https://zivilufu.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/defominadibi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/57189589950.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/88065476392.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/tovovowegafakaroseras.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/61238086127.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/jivanup.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/xasojikunu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/nimapudusakodinufuzexive.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_off00006750.bin
c98f255328a829915724e54102ba88504bb73763479901617f39820552ab7eea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6750 5168 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000078d9.bin
560c6bb8d4b29df3592a3c659bacffacb85b3b89effb16b77d9705a090c1803b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x78D9 10276 bytes