Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 283a9e633ee75d66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.3 KB Created: 2020-08-01 15:57:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 43cfe1f168b0d37482b00164e2a4583a SHA-1: 77bedcc2917cc3e540efdffe5175ac524c4a070f SHA-256: 283a9e633ee75d667212727783f575ede0e1f93e87f63de072275166531aab61
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=army+da+4856+pdf'. Additionally, it features a large number of external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, suggesting a link farm for SEO poisoning or obfuscation. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains embedded URLs that are likely part of this redirection scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

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.cc/pify?keyword=army+da+4856+pdf
    • http://files.forestburggolfclub.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398598/7091108.pdf
    • http://files.americanhistoryinlondon.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775644/dbc158ae81845.pdf
    • http://files.alphafitnessclub.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775983/b5ba6e95a5d3.pdf
    • http://files.uppmusic.org/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712661/gugof-seruxiv.pdf
    • http://files.cesjdscafe.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383648/bf8698a81976.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2469/4942/files/wumelanifukitigasew.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/1049/7434/files/65673060924.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3906/4225/files/jasaferafozawojurikebum.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5832/3865/files/suguluv.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6753/9623/files/defowabetedadiba.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1085/0979/files/mikejedumepomapesereresu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9320/5916/files/gamepuweperiza.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8763/4338/files/55045962520.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1874/0134/files/morebidivatinape.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7628/0729/files/38762247844.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1604/5222/files/vadubojawijimelibisipani.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1312/8867/files/diteravarufuguwuvuzudi.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_off00005d96.bin
476bd36a93a0584eb681855cfdeabd36f7850f160be0dcb77c032f85595d9405
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5D96 5628 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000070c2.bin
7fecd606ba52e249650d23f8b33cb5bc7dbbaf739fefa12f67ea5d00b5fc9a87
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x70C2 10452 bytes