Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39c468870c365095…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.1 KB Created: 2020-08-10 10:43:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 617d79c408d73165e3165b82225a2f9a SHA-1: adfcc0803d655b8bc3c74514f3cbbf7ef90d0fce SHA-256: 39c468870c365095d215d09af43a3185f2751b00cfd6595226b423555ca33362
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=acme+thread+dimensions+pdf'. Additionally, it exhibits characteristics of a PDF link farm, embedding numerous external links, many of which point to Shopify domains. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same malicious URL and a benign-looking title, suggesting a lure to trick users into clicking the malicious link. The presence of multiple embedded URLs and the redirector link strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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=acme+thread+dimensions+pdf
    • http://files.admarc.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775795/gatumaduvuweli-setivas.pdf
    • http://files.weiratherdesigns.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438114/witun.pdf
    • http://files.erincmilhem.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437750/9827527.pdf
    • http://fexidek.wagonwheelacres.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874317/lefanowuwarojatiwela.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/0830/9923/files/7411405196.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4949/2384/files/mla_citation_style_examples.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1599/4529/files/65146500504.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7149/5574/files/arabisch_leren_schrijven.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0449/8325/5198/files/cinderella_short_story.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3947/3314/files/18320533087.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6868/5464/files/46532274624.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6454/0825/files/gilenegejefogoxorovudeji.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/4242/1398/files/84252891394.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4111/1712/files/77212546411.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2627/6775/files/mafeboro.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4857/4884/files/vuvexamuvoladovekot.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_off00006520.bin
fa9499ce211372d78011fcb83657c658f99418a1ae202f444ec97f9335986b6e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6520 5352 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007729.bin
b1dbb47a9b70ebc986afaea8750c7de2dd01e036c93e85075a746f97a2072109
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7729 12012 bytes