Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2be1d6b40a8420db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.6 KB Created: 2020-08-15 22:41:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 2290a140c8739d49ca19d2731406096a SHA-1: 6f939e3a7fb74d44950b8f7214b480860bebddfa SHA-256: 2be1d6b40a8420dbddad608ab67d1577fe34539388ee8e8163a34a54a120b507
162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a lure for Bitstamp account verification, explicitly asking for MFA confirmation, which aligns with credential harvesting. It embeds a large number of links, including a redirector to 'ttraff.com', suggesting a phishing campaign. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the malicious redirector URL and numerous benign-looking PDF links hosted on Shopify, likely to appear legitimate. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

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.
  • MFA / one-time-code harvesting lure high SE_MFA_LURE
    Document asks for a one-time code, authenticator approval, or MFA confirmation — consistent with credential phishing kits that steal session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication
  • 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=bitstamp+account+verification+guide
    • http://files.cre8tivemarketingagency.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871659/xudukenedex.pdf
    • http://pefexesur.readingandspellingtutor.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874276/1e742.pdf
    • http://files.mollybooth.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406749/xegugadino_jedib.pdf
    • http://files.radcliffchristianchurch.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131872178/vitupuzodoj.pdf
    • http://files.aloetteofnwva.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739387/guravuzup.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0451/0508/6616/files/electronics_and_communication_engineering_notes.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1760/1181/files/xazovadulo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5158/8507/files/415226043.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9453/1493/files/34496142229.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5274/4347/files/46317931049.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9436/7649/files/misudugomurari.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9850/5369/files/mercedes_a_class_brochure.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1463/6198/files/socialismo_utpico_y_cientfico.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5973/9814/files/minecraft_skin_creator_pro.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8257/9110/files/malorawanuvofonekaloduli.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_off00006d74.bin
68d4fff7d236f3dde372f815c5fadaf64b26a8f76753fdbd94a9bf9c904995a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D74 5552 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008042.bin
4c34d86b1f6efcdeb8c033a0b2e5879aa456b91508affca9e68ee7540d99746d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8042 11172 bytes