Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bb2b781968ecee1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.3 KB Created: 2020-08-30 06:41:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4a6139d6c77b8c2e4d0cb0cf243adaa3 SHA-1: 8333fcb5c9a02c750f8a88efb784476443ee52dd SHA-256: 1bb2b781968ecee1195fa8d70353610117331927060cf0f78be1541d6c85359e
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, a technique often used for SEO poisoning or to redirect users to malicious sites. One of the primary links points to 'ttraff.com', which is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains this URL, reinforcing its role as a lure. The presence of numerous Shopify links suggests an attempt to blend malicious links with seemingly benign content.

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.com/wix?keyword=after+finitude+pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6763/6898/files/nepogunoputakuvefoxedulo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0465/2367/8878/files/91369667876.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/1876/9816/files/336980281.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1740/3557/files/algorithms_and_data_structures_n._wirth.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8845/4559/files/chuy_s_nutritional_information_refried_beans.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/0147/1388/files/bullet_idol_gungeon.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/4016/7320/files/74787157913.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3393/5519/files/grade_5_math_review_worksheets.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2990/5058/files/sanufojaxisul.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4807/4405/files/27555312482.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/2310/4162/files/82959595664.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1703/5166/files/11422574457.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_off00006320.bin
25e55283bb5adb4813e28d8737651003a8417f5a4163ece952c36ea1b09291c7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6320 4604 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000072d7.bin
2bf404607a171c01bc31d4491190e3625c7e73b0df1693093350f583cb22ee6b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x72D7 10040 bytes