Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ce58f576b5e8128…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.0 KB Created: 2020-08-01 08:28:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 551530fbc6f2931654dbecac77eddf8e SHA-1: fa9c74b47574d57d70790feb59b556cae49ae054 SHA-256: 2ce58f576b5e8128f375bdbfb671e6c86b9b7889055ba0eb5dda9dd746e94f86
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to external PDF files hosted on Shopify. One critical heuristic identified a malicious redirector link, specifically 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=helvetica+font+free+download', which is designed to lure users into downloading malicious content. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to the 'helvetica font free download' lure, reinforcing the social engineering aspect. The presence of numerous links suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute malware through a link farm, with the primary malicious URL being the most critical IOC.

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=helvetica+font+free+download
    • http://files.thetrumpantidote.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681634/d4a492d93f90.pdf
    • http://files.twdshirtcompany.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131455475/mifobivef.pdf
    • http://files.chatinfrench.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712315/pagusepa-guzapu.pdf
    • http://files.oldbostwicks.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740399/4567209.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9862/8501/files/sujiresagi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8574/9665/files/60355237737.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/8470/7992/files/10456525163.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7929/3338/files/81724258089.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8218/6905/files/44704226932.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9956/9829/files/govuzenufoxifotuvez.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3588/5725/files/97345013543.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9373/6089/files/10243464867.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/8868/8790/files/kepipotowadox.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9290/2037/files/20624742562.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0270/7616/files/71398711623.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8100/6244/files/weather_newtown_ct_hourly.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3926/8769/files/72609476852.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_off0000680f.bin
a6be120d42afa252a0fc71fc89d72710be7aa60b0b3c02a8fce4fc655b1dbcc8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x680F 4952 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000790c.bin
98ddc7d12f2a4ecc4748c5c8d41638271264d5a8705f45daed36f4daaff5c25a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x790C 11208 bytes