Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 191ad515fe1e1260…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.0 KB Created: 2020-08-10 05:57:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 6d25d0ae304eab5b4333f5c3588e5047 SHA-1: 363044c88715b27a87f4ed63dddae1d0c9cb3f42 SHA-256: 191ad515fe1e126063d5c38cf8982032017e01f7f0c3349330958250bf9e71f0
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious infrastructure. The primary malicious URL identified is https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=articulos+cientificos+cortos+para+ni%25C3%25B1os+pdf, which is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to scientific articles and the wkhtmltopdf tool, suggesting a lure to download content. The presence of numerous Shopify URLs, while many are benign, indicates a pattern of hosting content on legitimate platforms to mask malicious activity.

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=articulos+cientificos+cortos+para+ni%25C3%25B1os+pdf
    • http://files.zizosa.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695531/putupuvufemaz-luzaxawufiwu-muminomuw-xemejegusozaxo.pdf
    • http://babutexuz.sgdrumacademy.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131378776/a5ae8c416d.pdf
    • http://puxaz.regenerateyourauthenticnature.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814397/88da22143.pdf
    • http://files.heldministries.net/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814980/pazejut.pdf
    • http://naxefeta.edwardfanphotos.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380429/tetiveze.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9085/4566/files/ctet_answer_key_2020_paper_1_set_ka_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2818/4215/files/97179470677.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6770/3450/files/4235479516.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2258/0886/files/14599307849.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5534/8888/files/mitikonekupaxojizuroduxa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2280/3363/files/bejigumitufazanutagexe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6097/6021/files/12101461899.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7100/5082/files/nomagevov.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1802/6140/files/dodifumawumujodijinuwobu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2383/4011/files/diablo_2_druid_builds.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/6187/9719/files/history_of_caliphate_in_islam.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5784/8224/files/master_yuan-_ma_the_book_of_programming.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/4029/8392/files/cisco_ccna_lab_workbook_200_125.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/
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2280/3363/files/bejigumitufaza

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000716e.bin
a8523e921c3b704abe25bda1475975354311e0915c8c5448e45e6c4195848cdb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x716E 5348 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000836e.bin
9e78e70ca4ca7f16d13821cdada1797bcf7522cdeb6378f5208e177c1840fbc8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x836E 11308 bytes