Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38cf05db4410ea23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.2 KB Created: 2020-07-30 18:38:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: e8fb5b013495425839453c1008dd820c SHA-1: 6b3d554084bc105d303ffdb490931c156a091d56 SHA-256: 38cf05db4410ea23acb0eae3fcf35aeb16e5c75b6c888f76bd82c107bfc4e62f
202 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded URLs, with one pointing to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to downloading PDF applications and mentions remote support tools, aligning with heuristics for password-protected archive lures and remote support tool lures. The presence of numerous links, including a link farm on Shopify, suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute content broadly. The primary malicious URL is ttraff.com, which is used to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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.com/pify?keyword=baixar+app+pdf+para+pc
    • http://files.professionalcapitalpartners.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438766/4121815.pdf
    • http://files.guafoislandscience.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739239/tenanosa_labarufat.pdf
    • http://files.freestylewordplay.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681477/1374987.pdf
    • http://files.mrricksable.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453048/08601c289026a37.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/61066914906.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/67572949107.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0885/2117/files/87437881591.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3018/4098/files/69196808089.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/7367/4142/files/7082740397.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6881/6544/files/panalulojasufomoxupadeda.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/razikeruranofe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/96672573922.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6601/5395/files/52960369334.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7038/2490/files/41461555925.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7248/6566/files/26860194383.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9050/9973/files/12926943070.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_off00009614.bin
0e9975b5374b3f77b1252f357a60df036d63369828db9598c6c6fff41d7c8c6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9614 4428 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000a52a.bin
c80740394eee6fa96cdacec25a1f662c000c5dfbeb86d85b91defc02bafa131e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA52A 10028 bytes