Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22df2fc569e32030…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.0 KB Created: 2020-08-20 14:23:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 814c96627506ee2ffdd1e2b45bf63721 SHA-1: fa58e5c5da34c4791e5e047efb1d6a4ccb554c28 SHA-256: 22df2fc569e32030f9ddcfa53e85f9cf6fb1a4e4a4cfb2164f7bcc88e70007ec
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to potentially malicious redirectors or SEO link farms. The primary malicious link identified is 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=jeffrey+campbell+preston+platform+ankle+boots', which is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body itself is heavily obfuscated but contains references to this malicious URL and numerous other Shopify-hosted PDF links, suggesting a coordinated effort to drive traffic to malicious infrastructure.

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/pify?keyword=jeffrey+campbell+preston+platform+ankle+boots
    • http://xubit.gemmacrow.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132814930/radexi.pdf
    • http://files.laurapittenger.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131858540/2298291.pdf
    • http://files.printingeria.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681513/2601647.pdf
    • http://files.scimedart.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712623/revibuziv.pdf
    • http://files.shorewindbordercollies.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437061/4e3d2efddef316.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0459/6164/2144/files/windows_10_video_drivers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6674/4216/files/physical_science_textbook_in_bengali_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/6693/1865/files/kohler_faucets_repair_manual.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3925/0853/files/fairly_oddparents_theme_song.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/3604/7522/files/pozixasabi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4615/1078/files/fiwexadefefamuzamaj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/3350/8512/files/13624198573.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4524/8421/files/been_together_pro_apk.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5531/7149/files/74203690577.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9394/1671/files/5024949280.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/8125/9421/files/31507973422.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3239/5426/files/88739335317.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/0785/3223/files/51605905343.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2545/7575/files/dudatogogijelujonal.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_off00004816.bin
9a2014e33a25ed8e0f5c80931108fee10fcac05516d5da2d289983e7493e4f3a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4816 5456 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00005a94.bin
6e283c4651af2c81269ee4dcc39cd48aa27a43eb450a24904a474ef1cee1ab2a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5A94 9324 bytes