Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 243b60601610a561…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.6 KB Created: 2020-08-05 02:41:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 54a4a9d467f16143f73235312ec71cf5 SHA-1: 59668a79d53ee18027728c744c04fdf5251ebbfb SHA-256: 243b60601610a5612e208c32adc43ed16d8a82234c8572713017d299200893d5
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 what appears to be a link farm designed for SEO manipulation. One of the primary links, 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=can+you+read+pdf+books+on+kindle', is identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to reading PDF books on Kindle and mentions the wkhtmltopdf tool, suggesting a lure to disguise the malicious intent. The presence of numerous Shopify URLs, while some are benign, contributes to the overall link farm characteristic.

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=can+you+read+pdf+books+on+kindle
    • http://files.debcoopertextileart.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132302759/wezizoximuk.pdf
    • http://files.musclecarsandclassiccruisers.com.au/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969218/bakudigodexenat_bepiraf_mitekafeketirav_gexolat.pdf
    • http://files.becomeyogi.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438161/paxetumik-zerodulefivafo.pdf
    • http://files.auracraze.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453335/busopux-nawitewegi-jigipod-xozopeke.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1537/2949/files/c_p_singh_physics_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/tunamowari.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7812/2649/files/fabilex.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3613/7882/files/viwamumupaburop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6075/6641/files/47806204357.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0016/8597/files/41236519013.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8266/1526/files/60040024942.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7240/6179/files/demofemufexurus.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9950/3257/files/poisson_probability_distribution_examples.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/3545/7696/files/poe_ziggyd_profile.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8570/1019/files/nikidavexamejazanozeveme.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/9244/2264/files/50267005244.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1754/3585/files/fabemuxikavoxiji.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3093/6733/files/bastonete_de_auer.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_off000070c2.bin
a32106c580b318560f6b4ba2b484890abde427e928fa1e397777572ae3edb468
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x70C2 5244 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000082a6.bin
262a77a74d129be34a9b77548c578980ddb543d20b8346113c21e1c06e0ce915
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x82A6 9960 bytes