Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a567bfb95faf7a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

170.6 KB Created: 2020-09-03 01:11:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 7ccaa4c8ea814c5c8379ebc14ec5ecf4 SHA-1: 0da3c3d0ac141f800cac398ff4d0b219d260ed0b SHA-256: 3a567bfb95faf7a037ab5002dd6bbd0bae8df061f0e8dc8f2c1fab585a2456cc
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link pointing to 'https://ttraff.com/wix?keyword=artificial+intelligence+article+pdf'. Additionally, a heuristic for an advance-fee scam lure was triggered, indicating the document's content is designed to deceive users into financial fraud. The embedded URL is the primary indicator of compromise, likely leading to further malicious activity or a scam page.

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.
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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/wix?keyword=artificial+intelligence+article+pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5800/3096/files/kuderubupe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8368/5270/files/87269625665.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8960/0414/files/leladevosogowox.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6554/0759/files/gosazawifeko.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/6090/1528/files/39067143753.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/0787/4984/files/fibrocartilage_callus_formation_meaning.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4375/0049/files/types_of_carburetors.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0192/1184/files/collocation_dictionary_download_free.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/79e5df_bd74a306b85a4541a8434c12bfc71df7.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/696b8a_50c6d2e690374100b3b80cbfbd691084.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_c60a33eac6584991969a75197cdb0190.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/daca0d_bf95d95f63644741b9f3974d7ce11c44.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3010/1668/files/bozaridad.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4323/2661/files/86516834731.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00024361.bin
2afea478da8ab4b2518723b5b513920eac1d8206ea640eb7dbf9d8685678349d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24361 6828 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00025a7e.bin
dbdf2dbb5fcf5318ed50f6486bc519ec05aa62a33cf817a8fc667f81fc722192
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25A7E 5136 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00026c07.bin
702d10ad1bed41f69e354e853b45e9a793ca062d2668835c44c1d2a6ec80cd26
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26C07 15216 bytes