Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c48d8f5f3462f25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.8 KB Created: 2020-08-22 03:06:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: b9cc3493df702914fc733cfaa0404217 SHA-1: c3959e0311f4fe80e6b141954fe5d7f96b39b560 SHA-256: 2c48d8f5f3462f254eb1f3c15076ca784e11022b5a4477e78abc29d1a7774f88
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to Shopify domains, suggesting a link farm or content distribution network for malicious files. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.com, which is used to obscure the final destination. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains the text 'Sentence or sentence fragment worksheet answer key' and the malicious URL, indicating a lure to trick users into clicking the link. 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=sentence+or+sentence+fragment+worksheet+answer+key
    • http://files.housefinchinvestors.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380171/nifaxawugerufokedusa.pdf
    • http://ravuv.richmondinsight.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776485/5338455.pdf
    • http://files.graceyourspace.co/uploads/1/3/2/3/132302871/rosuja.pdf
    • http://files.psqrdcm.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303314/c19ff40e225f.pdf
    • http://files.reserveatspringtonwoods.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131381518/zigegesulerixivuv.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7686/8510/files/96839540077.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4173/4301/files/jisowinopixixebuvimaji.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4768/0162/files/puvunibawupefenedu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5911/8229/files/aristotle_book_politics.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2202/3847/files/mac_creator.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0255/8621/files/krispy_kreme_report_card_rewards.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2638/9912/files/44655513507.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0007/0307/files/dozebezotobinaxujat.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3217/2951/files/el_hinduismo_libro.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4309/4677/files/witowizuxos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6942/3269/files/bukolapexigavakefabizi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6104/1569/files/kujerivifuvenoxubuveti.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_off000064cb.bin
a3cd6ba6664d5267c06bc73b0b339d36ccaaf90dc94a13117c72e495dfb87e3d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x64CB 5624 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000077d3.bin
d3814b509954ee3ceb34f191e183eecbc14c1c8bc749117c9722da1c4f2acda3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x77D3 9972 bytes