Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a7da12d49f8740d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.3 KB Created: 2020-08-06 19:44:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 82a465854abed1968105194460fb014c SHA-1: 0290277c9c042339037918528063001d2129037f SHA-256: 2a7da12d49f8740dade39ccb192f0892dcb36a03ad69242b73bdbb6e2a033721
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious due to its structure containing a large number of external links, a technique often used to create link farms for SEO manipulation or to redirect users to malicious sites. One of the primary URLs, 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=bioassay+of+adrenaline+pdf', is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains embedded URLs that point to various external PDF files, many hosted on Shopify domains, suggesting a coordinated effort to distribute content or lure victims. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

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.com/pify?keyword=bioassay+of+adrenaline+pdf
    • http://files.hairextensionsbystacey.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969878/05bfb4.pdf
    • http://files.southernoksrrodeo.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164046/kavadufavul.pdf
    • http://files.elizabethgow.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437724/wiwivibifasaniwexube.pdf
    • http://files.cookiethomas.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131482828/91c7cd39a09b.pdf
    • http://files.rsinternationalday.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814209/kiribukujire.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2884/8538/files/lunazatoxu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/0386/1401/files/kalurogetuzuxixomud.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4536/3610/files/9776793912.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1687/0309/files/zuvesebawilu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7399/3890/files/gosekusabibekut.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0450/6117/7507/files/arbitration_agreement_form.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6862/8892/files/52632582948.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4469/9288/files/sitotamaniparumopikuwa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8918/3398/files/benudifa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7259/4844/files/vinekugexifutujetavi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2036/1629/files/85090139213.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000723f.bin
0b8c376ef03950732102c0dade1293f3ed369040455acff891bc862afee88b43
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x723F 4892 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000082e6.bin
6c90a8fe71045634e06ad86fa7847f76018174ddb5119818c918a26f7af2cab8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x82E6 9172 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000a23f.bin
9f355172d696dda274cac500966718f112ce76951f19577ac4888987ea6471b2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA23F 4324 bytes