Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40eff7e3cd75b11c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.4 KB Created: 2020-09-01 08:19:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: ee2c093098c03f939189155a6d10325a SHA-1: 9358ef6805547def933bbaa0f8b17c3a014050ed SHA-256: 40eff7e3cd75b11c504e98e2a12e91b8c1675b1fe75785be96924bd86402b52d
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=java+jre+1.+8+121'. Additionally, it exhibits characteristics of a PDF SEO link farm, with numerous links to external PDFs, including one hosted on 'static.usrfiles.com'. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports the malicious intent. The document body appears to be heavily obfuscated or corrupted, but the embedded URL and link farm heuristics strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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.
  • 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.ru/pify?keyword=java+jre+1.+8+121
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_455f551428b740809a72f88b29ea7ddc.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/ec0c41_0c4912e73bd945fb86cbe6b47a6dc1db.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/2e79a6_65945daa608645e6b26254dddba9804e.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/99965f_9337a776afd043cb856836ff80400728.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6590/8136/files/1625219800.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7325/7116/files/36556469130.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/0378/9991/files/chupana_bhi_nahi_aata_1921_ringtone.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8433/2710/files/unable_to_load_steam._dll.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9118/2243/files/89462255596.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0371/5489/files/spectroscopic_properties_of_inorganic_and_organometallic_compounds.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6916/9045/files/xupone.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0328/1571/files/types_of_non_governmental_organizations.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4130/0380/files/89285932798.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/0222/5059/files/dizobonexisepudateregaji.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6821/9799/files/xujukixasajinebi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0460/1102/3519/files/61053981361.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1675/7153/files/kipif.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_off00006870.bin
ad8b2b5afdd1396f6294673b2ac31dab7974a024766bd6ec1e51600f9a283209
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6870 5004 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000799a.bin
13957e912c53640e932c91fc821f248e9cfc90c4f7cb2045076064c238c64133
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x799A 10420 bytes