Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b439e05cdcd205b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.1 KB Created: 2020-08-12 00:18:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 3c685e67c467ac18d653bd889b490c1b SHA-1: bc0c4e9fd507c65f82cbce49dea7180926a6549e SHA-256: 3b439e05cdcd205b46e4fc80631438cf4f4c58a7cf3bc5eb6ef9ff2057293536
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to external resources. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.ru, which is used to obscure the final destination. The document body text, though partially corrupted, contains a string that appears to be a lure for a 'ccna cyber ops study guide pdf free download', suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The presence of numerous links, including the malicious redirector, indicates a coordinated effort to drive traffic to potentially harmful sites.

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.ru/pify?keyword=ccna+cyber+ops+study+guide+pdf+free+download
    • http://jukeg.hayslandsurveyor.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814515/2718062.pdf
    • http://files.phmiinfo.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739204/zudiji_paxizixem_zebajuti.pdf
    • http://files.muralfx.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681690/f38caf68da8fbb0.pdf
    • http://tufodade.calwhales.org/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856161/66140.pdf
    • http://wolitami.joereneequest.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606289/zubutazemupakes.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3293/6605/files/zironojowobufagimojuxun.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2385/8845/files/94990937686.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5664/4774/files/angola_zip_code.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6211/6008/files/tunexukosu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/8272/5029/files/agriculture_upsc_notes.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5331/8306/files/fuzibogugoduxosogetuda.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/4622/4551/files/zutusofaluzox.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7985/1414/files/navorinubuwebelaravezatur.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2299/1007/files/89518306040.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/4627/9080/files/balancing_equations_answers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0451/7291/6373/files/north_america_map_with_cities.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_off000059ad.bin
05d15b0aee93e1f157e3a7126bddb312af7fba41226e776d19850849a2b064d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x59AD 5560 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00006cab.bin
7570804cca525d6f498b2c94f96609d0da5c0876156d3aec140c97e39d8c678e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6CAB 13408 bytes