Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 089974e8c0550eec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.5 KB Created: 2020-08-17 11:10:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-05-08
MD5: 488f3609de4e3bf6c7ab6a1cfbdae452 SHA-1: a489cddc1ea3320756cf9ed8a82cf3da24e24908 SHA-256: 089974e8c0550eec1e41b6bf2610915f9f101831e131138030ceae92d9ca07fb
234 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to a redirector service (ttraff.com) that is known to host malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains a reference to 'Powerpoint newsletter template' and a URL that aligns with the malicious redirector. The presence of a large number of SEO-optimized PDF links suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content broadly.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • 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=powerpoint+newsletter+template In PDF document text
    • http://files.mediaartsperformance.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406140/kidodoselaburobegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fekaxes.kemptvilleacademyofmartialarts.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406717/2499373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.elementssalononline.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856124/b65ef7721359b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7746/7288/files/mivowabizofevemutekupoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4950/0328/files/numakavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7929/5385/files/sasusoruzojedewojitapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7538/7043/files/ziwejogonazanadaxovetawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/0612/2393/files/20057142551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3032/3101/files/gisenekodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5367/0822/files/cae_listening_part_1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1720/6946/files/sugefizevoxomurakajukedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/2176/0672/files/50816900273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6103/5686/files/pintura_surrealista.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/37741658126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3291/9720/files/xokelelokimoxubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5942/0063/files/escherichia_coli_scielo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0636/9697/files/cartoon_character_development.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7372/3800/files/24418364025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000851b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x851B 5056 bytes
SHA-256: ca019c931c6825cf1ca21ec032a9bd9b9587af59f9819f43b53815bbf2ee28e7
font_01_sfnt_off0000963e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x963E 10044 bytes
SHA-256: 17439a8e54df0b03f746595b507e2b29e37d74aa839c8ea20a5b0cc7391d9c80