Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36deab6bec727b53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.2 KB Created: 2020-08-04 05:46:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 44a11e7289393596d8335ce3eab52bd4 SHA-1: a2f1fb52173dde5b5d3008a87eeffd9f4934d179 SHA-256: 36deab6bec727b530146f8fc50a800acbd5c4e67df323784ff3cc9214e886295
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document exploits SEO techniques by embedding a large number of links, including a critical redirector link to 'ttraff.ru'. This link is designed to lure users into downloading potentially malicious content under the guise of 'aws sysops exam dumps pdf free download'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the target URL, confirming the malicious intent. 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.ru/pify?keyword=aws+sysops+exam+dumps+pdf+free+download
    • http://files.wskvfm.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379042/abd67.pdf
    • http://files.upsideartgallery.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739234/3051142.pdf
    • http://files.firstfridaysoakpark.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406491/c8ee424b325f21.pdf
    • http://files.offthegrid24.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712358/fokebujegitepopives.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0698/3318/files/blast_protection_minecraft.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9702/2879/files/324396245.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6966/1589/files/53975254714.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/0107/0247/files/52862971874.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4245/5195/files/baywatch_hawai_cast.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5059/7528/files/40548539565.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3754/7929/files/kivegujeniw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/9027/8568/files/44317923386.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2684/0737/files/34747607384.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/5335/6955/files/8764554385.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5442/3445/files/kojarupifokeled.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5661/0976/files/63729293842.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/
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0698/3318/files/blast

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00008023.bin
2bf6359d915cc73154ba4c4dd78be59df2defead485e7c0c838ac70a6579837f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8023 5192 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000091c3.bin
0e89e490762fa60e8801fbf7434b1531f28c58a2f8db47945e0ca6234529da91
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x91C3 13968 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000bd69.bin
05d2457133b820fa77aa358e30e9acfbad3f04c46ced9a37296d9311117db176
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD69 4324 bytes