Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38800ae08866ba26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.1 KB Created: 2020-08-17 13:43:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 7c39659bf1df7e525f8e249740d9831a SHA-1: ac5d04ccac9150cd3c4489a08f654f62940bedfb SHA-256: 38800ae08866ba26f15efc073b60b24c24999ec67610ab4d5ed47136dd1e36a8
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, which is indicative of a link farm. One critical heuristic identified a PDF redirector link to 'ttraff.ru', suggesting a malicious redirection chain. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'Catoosa county property tax information' and the malicious URL, aligning with a lure for potentially malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF links and a redirector suggests an attempt to lead the user to a compromised or malicious site.

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns
  • 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=catoosa+county+property+tax+information
    • http://files.divinefaithtarot.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636655/nirekunijuv.pdf
    • http://files.thetrashtalkblog.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438532/260a7f.pdf
    • http://files.zzaircrewreunion.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738710/709b36020bcc.pdf
    • http://files.grvac.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407102/fegojopo.pdf
    • http://files.bakersfieldbreakoutzone.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681296/6664111.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5035/3318/files/pastel_accounting_for_dummies_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5326/0706/files/54949985355.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0447/9424/9377/files/goxopekugasavajukikozaxi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8391/4654/files/bajizelirekefasigo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9269/5458/files/jemorotonadenatonevugelu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6879/2733/files/machine_learning_algorithmic_trading.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0858/7936/files/rudram_lyrics_in_tamil_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9947/2551/files/ligituzuse.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/3989/0327/files/1320244437.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_off00006ddc.bin
6fb2692450c21ba6e222c0e3dc7aa03f12d95d1ac208ceb6e1ed51ca1d2d3ff2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6DDC 5204 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007f85.bin
a43a60e118959a10c9879899b105d693e237da8859fa307d844fb9867a7d4561
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7F85 10444 bytes