Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a6111d36df6a72f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.5 KB Created: 2020-08-04 17:12:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 5c203f7b784a3205ae462418ccce87c3 SHA-1: ed1f1fb302314fbd2495d94a241f293b5ce9eaf4 SHA-256: 3a6111d36df6a72fb410ce39adcae53b706c870b2f80ac4f75c9a5473c4a591c
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded links, with one specifically identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text suggesting a 'payroll system proposal', aligning with the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic. The primary malicious link, 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=payroll+system+proposal+pdf', is a critical indicator. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external PDF links, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute further malicious content.

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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=payroll+system+proposal+pdf
    • http://files.timkentart.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681156/jabijonunasade.pdf
    • http://files.bonding.no/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637606/1860893.pdf
    • http://files.wisdellshomes.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379615/xifusago.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7274/8710/files/tobebirumu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2002/4989/files/buviwapejazukepupelakaka.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/4795/0248/files/bajexipefapefinamow.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/2047/3752/files/27004430435.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5992/9503/files/dijolokifusajubijevediz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3291/9720/files/8441582558.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0201/1548/files/dilatezesesam.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/3727/5813/files/55523592454.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8438/9275/files/35082004272.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0348/6103/files/15757787017.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7827/8550/files/26402350650.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3325/6345/files/84122074114.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/0948/1624/files/22591291493.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4395/4594/files/85085796267.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0657/4238/files/22988310671.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_off00007301.bin
733092fccaa12a142dc07208e7c66a88b9d42b177eea47c0d6f1b8cd0e8f37aa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7301 5288 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000084f3.bin
b174f9955cc3e5a51d956c07d6c101832a7ef8d6d450840cc303ecd40bdb59b5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x84F3 10536 bytes