Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 298d862ffb5a96c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.2 KB Created: 2020-08-09 20:10:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: fe21cf30a7d0b278d37865864e901103 SHA-1: 79efafc8ff5992cffb355264faa16bb36ce6be0f SHA-256: 298d862ffb5a96c9fdda32eff6651176a20a518765946441cf8fa677f58259d8
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, with a critical heuristic identifying a link to a known malicious redirector at 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=cambridge+primary+mathematics+stage+4+pdf'. This redirector likely serves to obscure the final malicious destination. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains this URL, suggesting it is the primary lure. The presence of a large number of external PDF links, many pointing to Shopify, indicates a potential SEO poisoning or link farm tactic to distribute the malicious content.

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.cc/pify?keyword=cambridge+primary+mathematics+stage+4+pdf
    • http://files.gaindetalks.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874629/dojoja-kefuzegomoli-wadab.pdf
    • http://files.abstracted.com.au/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813887/5d66bb73b2a.pdf
    • http://files.savagekat.net/uploads/1/3/2/7/132741382/zugarupiximaku_jizifatekesimij_xinew.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0134/8255/files/63158800948.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/72645751706.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0453/5566/3515/files/wiczenia_z_angielskiego_dla_dzieci.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6200/1821/files/labadunogite.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9755/5093/files/nekagopojalabasem.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7111/1330/files/jahiem_the_making_of_a_man.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3631/9639/files/4506120217.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4994/2172/files/kipog.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0776/9750/files/the_walking_dead.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1359/4526/files/archimedes_inventions.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1634/8071/files/share_allotment_letter_format.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/vazakiliduvapi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2346/5628/files/58228463860.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_off00004539.bin
e18fed523a5fe60e9f6718c778941fd8aa6f54169ba6d495ccb1f7653b9170d0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4539 5772 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000058b9.bin
eb428a68f3d9ea83ebfee38c3a2dfe7f2e4b53df4fcd5adeaa2731c62d1b8f50
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x58B9 9200 bytes