Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cd8908916c259c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.1 KB Created: 2020-08-10 19:10:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 098ddda8cf6f5e4d57e44bb6aaeb1bd4 SHA-1: 41d435f84224de7ddcaaf61f41ab9809ade0f2a9 SHA-256: 1cd8908916c259c5c7fde75d5f2b8f954b73cb52fdc3e76442c2c670fc15a36b
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=make+document+size+smaller+pdf'. Additionally, it exhibits characteristics of a PDF link farm, with numerous embedded URLs, many hosted on cdn.shopify.com. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports the malicious intent. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the malicious URL and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting a programmatic approach to creating the lure.

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/pify?keyword=make+document+size+smaller+pdf
    • http://files.balwynhighschool1957to1962reunion.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070846/953bd02ef.pdf
    • http://files.bigbeantheory.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814515/kopaxebinobeziw_nitef_binokerilazi.pdf
    • http://files.riversofthekingdom.org/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682897/3e418959598ed4.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3712/1951/files/morfologi_rhizophora_apiculata.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7133/2767/files/how_to_change_minecraft_skin.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4923/8178/files/60063089415.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8118/8003/files/zotulap.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0644/3176/files/fejabuvogo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4016/9374/files/52866764655.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7121/8588/files/35606408230.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8558/6841/files/28113509219.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/fasexerogetotano.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6856/3355/files/lifiwosupodagonuwaxexinu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9959/4656/files/black_s_law_dictionary_9th.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2168/0283/files/75917536510.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/3248/6823/files/bescherelle_grammaire_gratuit.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/3462/4668/files/pajogag.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_off000061de.bin
24e6793a0f1292beedfb111b1feae7f34605b87297688fda93a46488c047cbeb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61DE 5420 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007441.bin
2d9d6d261298428334efc82d783a702c4280fc75b66b708b149ed470f006dc0c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7441 10400 bytes