Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 416231cefaa9aafa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.9 KB Created: 2020-08-07 19:34:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4d5a39f957a9a8c4dc4800345ce096d4 SHA-1: 7eba9b78fba70ff83610016fd666f5abe3d5787b SHA-256: 416231cefaa9aafad6e339d32fe33e38d6a3d6ddab75ec00891c912c053e9d6d
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a malicious redirector link, identified by the critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK heuristic. The document body also contains a visual download button lure, reinforcing the malicious intent. The file is part of a link farm, with many embedded URLs pointing to Shopify domains, likely to improve search engine ranking for malicious content. The primary malicious URL is https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=chuy%25E1%25BB%2583n+%25C4%2591%25E1%25BB%2595i+file+pdf+th%25C3%25A0nh+%25E1%25BA%25A3nh, which likely leads to 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.
  • 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.com/pify?keyword=chuy%25E1%25BB%2583n+%25C4%2591%25E1%25BB%2595i+file+pdf+th%25C3%25A0nh+%25E1%25BA%25A3nh
    • http://files.englishzero.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131069934/tunatikurutawaf.pdf
    • http://files.christianlindke.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131482941/tekufakabe.pdf
    • http://files.nordcapetravel.net/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738819/c0f1d093b.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8005/5958/files/bepuzedujobilozigat.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8535/7463/files/zamutujitenemal.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4251/2802/files/nexus_plugin_fl_studio.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7673/0533/files/wujumedefipituta.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6244/3683/files/repagurife.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4103/0293/files/kideran.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2201/4885/files/nuriborakumo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9018/2304/files/vojujiwiliwakelumifu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9124/5733/files/13444938578.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/japoxotoruzub.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6522/1028/files/luxekenetowivarilowaz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8525/9159/files/wamexumugiko.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8271/8107/files/riselosabarozuraxito.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2418/7549/files/dedesokozudomuwojonujedo.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/
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9124/5733/files/13444938578

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00005803.bin
79d207364c1d1ab04a06dca0ac7a4c9bfa62cad3ccbcb9af18eb7ea1c40e1e86
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5803 5716 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00006a11.bin
fb9c7b4ea114fca5060d3fec269363af6fbc85149c37f636abd3c0a0ff8fca18
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A11 9968 bytes