Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 275a29619485d32b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.6 KB Created: 2020-08-10 06:57:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: c16f9cdc17646a601c377821fed7a7a5 SHA-1: 342a0e43a7745043b1fd13e5bf4399eb4a29809f SHA-256: 275a29619485d32bdf8befffa3702fb7b49bea81ff65241da56b3d4f885b3783
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=reliability+analysis+book+pdf'. It also contains a high heuristic for visible LOLBin command execution instructions, indicating potential for script execution. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to the malicious URL and numerous other PDF links, suggesting a link farm or redirection strategy. The primary intent appears to be redirecting the user to malicious infrastructure via the embedded link.

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.
  • Visible LOLBin command execution instruction high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Document contains instructions or visible command text involving Windows script/execution tools such as PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, or regsvr32
  • 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=reliability+analysis+book+pdf
    • http://files.joedonovanboxing.org/uploads/1/3/2/8/132815123/vaduzorakatuwibeluk.pdf
    • http://files.gabicurless.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303373/3095314.pdf
    • http://kazukadit.maxmihm.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606490/32e4280e5f968d7.pdf
    • http://files.claddaghcoachconsulting.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131411896/3699771.pdf
    • http://roguzota.allegrodancemusic.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969204/1903123.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7673/0533/files/xojisobirezogebusoba.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3776/9383/files/60499292523.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1715/9335/files/komenej.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/5254/5701/files/download_csv_from_github.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5676/6882/files/pijagutepedog.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4651/0504/files/super_mario_sheet_music.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/87960197539.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8475/9711/files/35765934570.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4667/4337/files/28468108011.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/3708/2271/files/bolizupofov.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_off000060fa.bin
97f6088618dc8bd60472225530e842577acae3555315a71d8b84125029211d82
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x60FA 5252 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000072fa.bin
d0bbf3d857c8bf6c13af980d97835713ccaa91a17cdd80201b5c7a06f58f0be6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x72FA 10148 bytes