Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fed6194578a7495a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.6 KB Created: 2020-09-12 18:08:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4620cef6501041bb429b032bdec6db14 SHA-1: 5cb2e85cbfb1443fd13d8cce22aaf0ecdbf22fb2 SHA-256: fed6194578a7495afee5a8d31e1dfa825d06a6bc23f451f29a729966a43f8960
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, with one specifically pointing to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to music and a URL that appears to be part of a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using the 'new afro pop beats' keyword as a lure.

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.club/wix?keyword=new+afro+pop+beats
    • http://files.buttaflyjonez.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132680852/gulisebezi.pdf
    • http://dubokirat.andymacdonaldmusic.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813979/fosujam.pdf
    • http://files.mindbodyhealthnurse.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606690/mimetesesuvizuj_fefavom_zopuparu_popanowepelofol.pdf
    • http://lefar.stampsrhistory.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775219/kapamovozanutow-fewiganitaxim-rowisara-kapuvegapofizuz.pdf
    • http://files.leekindleforestry.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407635/zovujesodebubad-niwitu-lurepuwaxo.pdf
    • http://tuvujipu.jamelvandepas.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303338/9536090.pdf
    • http://wonevu.simplycakesmiami.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606289/zemudosepi-wunudinamake-dobipef-ganiwiki.pdf
    • http://pirodapa.sharryborgan.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437622/d92e9e9370829.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9559/5938/files/boferujofimozoxi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9474/6023/files/92210788654.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/5575/2103/files/apgli_application_form_12.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/c1615c_dd2212657d094b4dbbf1e04650658129.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/3cb6cb_56a1833cf9564888b617e6c3f606c91d.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/808cd0_81ca8546a92d4e77bd33df3ad4b7a8cc.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_off000055a0.bin
953c00873fd764f6c5ee5cafeae41794a6748508731d8a09064f3e71dc0d8950
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x55A0 5064 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000066fe.bin
790b5be68829c9fd4e36e50f609d66c9d853c315c51f11d0b9ea271c29e9cc93
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x66FE 15300 bytes