Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1daf7653b4452064…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.3 KB Created: 2020-08-13 23:04:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: f6de603773acfc6d836527ebc3d9bf6e SHA-1: 7df9eefa511c2896e9c05ba3b85d431ea11306ac SHA-256: 1daf7653b4452064d5bc111b98bdd2d8182977da0f90515fcf36de6a0db764cf
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to domains associated with link farms and redirectors. One prominent URL, 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=sql+server+2019++developer', is flagged as malicious and likely serves as a lure to download further malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'Sql server 2019 developer' and the malicious URL, suggesting a social engineering tactic to trick users into clicking the link. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this phishing-like 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=sql+server+2019++developer
    • http://files.prohuntersights.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637168/5ec297c5208f1.pdf
    • http://bibokax.thearkutec.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453494/jakufixijamuke.pdf
    • http://files.santigrowsolutions.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606206/ruzemikuwu.pdf
    • http://files.salsaandtea.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132696506/fusexi-tudedusabujoji-zijiper.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5154/7800/files/naraturepojizonexexeb.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0714/7162/files/78753710272.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5329/2440/files/17670743464.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5671/7205/files/70833647467.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1467/4841/files/bluedio_t2_turbine_manual.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0009/4112/files/tabid.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2494/9153/files/toxowipividubiniwod.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/rabilividobakomitunaxizug.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5455/4533/files/nitabazexajatube.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4158/5314/files/libro_aprendizajes_clave_sexto_grado.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9007/4005/files/86137360311.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_off000075f8.bin
f741412dfbe0eb5b3d548c7f844ae2bd52988b20919f5bac6e7d708b40318db6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x75F8 5512 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000088c9.bin
8bb0fb962779e4df281c942525f4d2c10d708ffc6baf70732e723c9946af13c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x88C9 10516 bytes