Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a9d1b5b24992ae3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.6 KB Created: 2020-08-31 05:59:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 988c38bcc69d4023cf2f0259e05aad68 SHA-1: d0b5408e44ba6384907c1b6a747e4343d0a43593 SHA-256: 1a9d1b5b24992ae3e44fe90d8ab65319b1997b6b09b44d6303c640e92b1c844d
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a heuristic match for a malicious redirector link, pointing to `https://ttraff.ru/wix?keyword=state+of+wyoming+department+of+family+services`. Additionally, it exhibits characteristics of a PDF link farm, with numerous external links, including one to `https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_04c8d2ed750348cc964112c5802ceda1.pdf`. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to the Wyoming Department of Family Services and the malicious URL, suggesting a social engineering lure to trick users into clicking the malicious link.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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.ru/wix?keyword=state+of+wyoming+department+of+family+services
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_04c8d2ed750348cc964112c5802ceda1.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/c12414_74fde22392a6475fb1b2c9d1113e5c46.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/cf14a4_93047992a205499d8db2d235b2eeaef4.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_7965b7021d734b74bcf01906dc02aa5d.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/2f3ac6_6209db6eff2b440c830f4ebb1da8bbb6.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0373/9294/files/81952343004.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0450/7104/0675/files/ms_word_course_outline_template.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8114/5243/files/jupojevunulatuz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5430/1338/files/la_stanza_del_vescovo_torrent.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2493/3283/files/pdf_converter_to_word_editable_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3536/1442/files/veggietales_the_best_christmas_gift_digital.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/2473/3592/files/44802834434.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8365/3527/files/pujik.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7097/0274/files/rivolugelunad.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/3817/7430/files/99576004561.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_off000064e0.bin
ba961be0e08a6004f42a94feb36a312ced12963fcf3bc438a64d94fe7598b707
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x64E0 5832 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000078b9.bin
31eb7ff67ad2043aa0bba4caf6b07efa604d0a01c696e1e6a8f1ddae618361c7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x78B9 10696 bytes