Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36f765a3c1e66394…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.5 KB Created: 2020-08-07 21:12:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8a3548326225658d7c72db310b9c0082 SHA-1: 45cd6cfa04c83184fbd08b5d69bf19fa8eb81cb9 SHA-256: 36f765a3c1e66394f8da2ec9e7855a51b2c6041408f520d6356dedbb1b5b3f6b
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=add+transparent+png+to+pdf'. Additionally, it exhibits a PDF link farm heuristic, with numerous links pointing to Shopify domains, one of which is 'https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2287/5813/files/80471981395.pdf'. The presence of a 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' heuristic suggests a lure to trick the user into clicking these links. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to adding transparent PNGs to PDFs and mentions wkhtmltopdf, indicating a potential social engineering pretext.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=add+transparent+png+to+pdf
    • http://files.w-sindustrial.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437041/nanuzinaro.pdf
    • http://wuvatifi.artsstudentsassociation.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070109/foselodubaguvaz_gabarejizira_xijutumizej.pdf
    • http://webuzek.jacandhugo.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813765/fowisiti.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2287/5813/files/80471981395.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8838/0061/files/lunowalixetu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7968/7574/files/tuwuzotowubove.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5124/5987/files/rivem.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8297/3346/files/29604047279.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0444/7754/6663/files/my_blue_book_of_grammar_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1411/1903/files/rusifugovutukafirexum.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9263/0940/files/definicion_de_ontologia_en_filosofia.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/9735/7472/files/52782719543.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8929/7568/files/94964057475.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1523/2923/files/1805134753.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/9228/5342/files/sotolezugovejabasir.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_off000063c2.bin
86e8fb44e0ce9b623f81c2f6b82070405d2d99369277d3bf91c8e24f8b262423
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x63C2 5164 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007563.bin
20d43992d81848c05c49258f2e5a53ab39f7b44d077a6e68455235a23e0f7bbb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7563 10544 bytes