Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40d777e1e8b82f2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.1 KB Created: 2020-09-05 02:56:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: e042eb9d5830b8c1527b9c049a208bbd SHA-1: 7337fd154c4d30fcc427b5be7ce6199926fc564c SHA-256: 40d777e1e8b82f2a153fa26a4b35a876f5015843352d16fe70b61fd7fbb93e77
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.link, which is likely part of a social engineering lure. The document body and heuristics indicate a 'browser extension installation lure' and a 'download button' to trick the user into clicking the malicious link. The presence of numerous Shopify links suggests an attempt to blend in with legitimate content while directing users to malicious infrastructure. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of the payload.

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.
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.link/wix?keyword=cat+form+filling+last+date+2019
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7106/9594/files/confirmation_bias_theory.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1136/6309/files/descargar_gratis_diccionario_biblico.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/2216/1832/files/36650970609.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9390/0958/files/68619969457.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8901/1612/files/jekurisusog.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8919/9268/files/sexirasem.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/1725/4558/files/after_we_collided_free_wordpress.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/0645/0074/files/egg_omelette_recipes.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9282/8579/files/fadesir.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7937/7830/files/andhra_pradesh_map_hd.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7415/0809/files/xexanefarabuwunaf.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2584/1821/files/zenaxanopadomitolun.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2790/7239/files/loxabogin.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_off00006193.bin
cb5f16445f9d3843e1677cf1aee2c85cbf7e926b86ab78a1806518056da6b194
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6193 5612 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007492.bin
f637286b461b81a337f771dbece692d149a446edd6ea6466fef06b305edd77a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7492 10288 bytes