Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43ed6ff10c9fedcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

152.0 KB Created: 2020-08-01 04:06:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 03f8383d3e5a31984ac971b42c0963cb SHA-1: 100cf15d9ac6a9972e4bdbf948a69474d63113b9 SHA-256: 43ed6ff10c9fedcfef86f28beca955c1d5c12105276275992832e3a485a3b845
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing indicating it links to known malicious redirector infrastructure. The embedded URL, 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=utility+belt+gungeon', is the primary indicator of malicious intent. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same URL, reinforcing the redirection attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 2

  • 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.
  • 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.cc/pify?keyword=utility+belt+gungeon
    • http://files.leabellablogs.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775888/jufilozemomugase.pdf
    • http://files.casagracie.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407572/ronupalokudodot.pdf
    • http://files.farmersxchangefeeds.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398182/wapuxibop.pdf
    • http://files.shadesofdenimaus.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681579/cfc898.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/xikidewutuxazumal.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8148/2919/files/nobanutekewuzew.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7973/8278/files/64608254964.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6226/2936/files/diwowotekukowegimulogo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7560/9510/files/wigekesib.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/6801/2182/files/62425721670.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7848/3097/files/56967018587.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0201/9487/files/guvow.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6879/1713/files/timuxuwuwifana.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/51191810805.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/zekimopesafirizaxos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3488/5792/files/21494120885.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4726/3128/files/12840774611.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4464/2715/files/19546713020.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_off00021238.bin
940d5bd2eee8bbe923874c85f8b322a1f7206d9b60243b60297eb79e06f7de49
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21238 4604 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00022209.bin
52b320eb3726313de040360373c3bd51a617a9e0b7f5a06843d68537daed0dab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22209 15168 bytes