Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ce121e7854e1aef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.2 KB Created: 2020-08-20 22:43:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: b265e0ce0e620963b2124fc05c3daaab SHA-1: 2797a57964d6f6437f1571836f76f83c8db41b84 SHA-256: 2ce121e7854e1aef0903c91f22ea6dda67255a6a18dc1f272fd58b66f1f86235
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=free+abandoned+cart+email+template'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains this URL and numerous other links, many hosted on cdn.shopify.com, suggesting a link farm or redirection strategy. The presence of urgency lures further supports a phishing or scam attempt.

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.cc/pify?keyword=free+abandoned+cart+email+template
    • http://biwonezu.sweetdreamsthykingdomcome.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856979/734087.pdf
    • http://files.freshburies.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131384070/metuserekom_fazigegod_bibejes.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4590/3781/files/nikadikijunufupodewe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7056/3239/files/knowing_god_more.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6992/2714/files/togujo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4957/3784/files/94738199164.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8402/9845/files/21740312898.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5470/2496/files/65880231542.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1765/6728/files/634094875.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6752/3743/files/zujetofamewu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5126/1853/files/4616581633.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7946/7170/files/lidilidufeneg.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/1695/1704/files/65225044237.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_off00006ef6.bin
b1087985a23dd54b8f65a78047f89e1c3358a735c7bef6dd579d3b57104321a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EF6 5136 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000804c.bin
6e53d7e6cd34877c3ddff9d844a4b07749e98d016dac5eb1707200f64fd450f1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x804C 10760 bytes