Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2592da57392321bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.7 KB Created: 2020-08-01 23:30:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 11d29eec47586886b37fe476ee80b012 SHA-1: 24bf6d9eb53588c94e467968d396d16f56b94179 SHA-256: 2592da57392321bf8cb25bb932f4a58946ba02a123dafa34ac8a93cf61bdeacc
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, specifically a redirector link to 'ttraff.com' and a link farm pointing to numerous PDFs hosted on Shopify. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the text 'Convert pub to pdf' and the URL 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=convert+pub+to+pdf', suggesting a lure to download or convert a file. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this attack pattern. The primary IOC is the redirector URL, which is likely the entry point for further malicious activity.

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.com/pify?keyword=convert+pub+to+pdf
    • http://files.zigloostudio.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132814544/zodijajobape.pdf
    • http://files.electaylin.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740320/8322645.pdf
    • http://files.moorheadpageants.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164067/refafeso-vugetanijedav-murebibiseve-ravuxigu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/20807514836.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2961/1171/files/minecraft_mob_grinder.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1243/1776/files/lisutekitivakiviwevekeb.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7159/4911/files/40720537575.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/tufajotojitumawudawemir.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/98029452840.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7827/8563/files/26709739722.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0393/5911/files/38832937215.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2466/2173/files/62427220094.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8361/1801/files/lerepaw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/0645/0074/files/5037735640.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_off0000650a.bin
6ca1d9f24e5362227e94bd5e689f36a4cc68d2b4305917546c81cc7184559615
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x650A 4720 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007527.bin
f0d4a3329196f6356a9f0a2bb3b35b76d34f21e8cc310370819e87a4d5c72ca9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7527 11696 bytes