Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43744c317415c888…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.8 KB Created: 2020-08-07 06:48:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4e058a7a458d99713f625372ae3c34a3 SHA-1: 425b361c1faef2a5ad201879df5e11fac979f1d8 SHA-256: 43744c317415c8882d43cd55556a1fa19cb7a7bfac561a80be937de0ebbfe71d
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.com, which is likely used to obscure the final malicious destination. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'Cambridge fce test practice pdf', suggesting a lure to trick users into clicking the malicious links. The presence of numerous PDF links, many pointing to Shopify domains, indicates a link farm strategy to improve search engine ranking and distribute malicious content.

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.com/pify?keyword=cambridge+fce+test+practice+pdf
    • http://files.powerhouseyouthcenters.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437194/484efd0.pdf
    • http://files.fruitscompassion.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775978/2218745.pdf
    • http://files.oztriathlete.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130815381/0c13b35d3bbfa4.pdf
    • http://files.allaurensamanthaforbes.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738725/momuposofojejo.pdf
    • http://files.customcellardesign.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164308/goxevifawogiluz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5337/5897/files/xoxikanijepiludiliravudum.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6939/0500/files/icecream_split_merge.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4651/0490/files/pikekusulefozebeg.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0509/1745/files/xiresorabuxetu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8911/6836/files/23536392952.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/4216/7194/files/93537152160.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8235/7663/files/ecological_engineering_principles_and_practice.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9875/8557/files/9982299781.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9168/1699/files/fuzulivazagajel.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0016/8597/files/epidemiologia_basica_bonita_espaol.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_off00006377.bin
c6649107287666fd0f20cfd20f3add5e801cb921a5c924be6c2249bb4aa47ad6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6377 5488 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007602.bin
ad1c5e40143faaf95d60bd9981b4f86a5a7e1af08a558ba0d624b51e90266615
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7602 10672 bytes