Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2272e1738889032f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.2 KB Created: 2020-08-22 01:33:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 0319f0b73f5348312218e2a7c1524322 SHA-1: e74ed8b2d046ba14fed74f131be7bb88809bcfbb SHA-256: 2272e1738889032fe77ed197e48b87bbcf57269cc85b76fd9e78b818478e2fe8
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple critical heuristics for containing malicious redirector links and a large number of external PDF links, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The primary malicious URL identified is https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=crystal+chandelier+chords+pdf. While no scripts were extracted, the sheer volume of embedded links and the ML classifier's high confidence indicate a malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or distribute further content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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=crystal+chandelier+chords+pdf
    • http://befalefe.kaleenacarter.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453996/tafafuwogu_zomerupeme_videka_jagasobozik.pdf
    • http://files.fairtradeswansea.org.uk/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712096/9303881.pdf
    • http://files.surestrikesoccer.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131409761/wegemepiduki-ledizajen.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1678/0956/files/java_tutorial_for_beginners_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9099/2549/files/47315574806.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2990/5058/files/tofipuvarinaxigeseputupix.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/gujogu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7133/2767/files/default_destination_jmstemplate.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/1245/4557/files/22271950460.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0449/9626/4094/files/warrior_bis_classic.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/88406012193.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0463/4430/6845/files/halloween_subtraction_worksheets_first_grade.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1353/7951/files/dmv_written_test_nj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/2702/7352/files/construction_project_administrator_job_description.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9920/8346/files/jekesopagewivewasejuwef.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_off000051c4.bin
e6ed22f7de84b7f23af1b6cec8ca6a1c751535047770104b1799905fab841f9c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x51C4 5248 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00006394.bin
71ea1570952232d60af942178d5139c99f2d39ebd1da1d30de0a2cdcc1fd7a44
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6394 9576 bytes