Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47ad6d0f3609a980…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.9 KB Created: 2020-08-11 19:10:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 5cb6be251f4a0482b42b4be55ff77f59 SHA-1: fe2686aa11534ff808b92903501e00db1d59aeb2 SHA-256: 47ad6d0f3609a9800b9776956687dddc610136bd803683c311cc8dc4dd9f6fa6
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, but one critical link directs to a known malicious redirector at 'ttraff.cc'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'discrete probability distribution examples' and the malicious URL, suggesting a lure to a phishing or malware distribution site. The presence of a malicious redirector link is the primary indicator of malicious intent.

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.cc/pify?keyword=discrete+probability+distribution+examples+and+solutions+pdf
    • http://files.adelaide-pilates.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739761/zijupepojumoviziwese.pdf
    • http://files.john-weiss.net/uploads/1/3/2/7/132710779/vexenaguluwe.pdf
    • http://files.ims-spi.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398143/b3b789f78112.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2729/1544/files/degudum.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9904/6553/files/budismo_origem.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3754/7929/files/kivegujeniw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7555/7793/files/65929804675.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6563/9069/files/bojitod.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7186/3961/files/programa_para_convertir_de_a_word_love.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9236/9823/files/98274583052.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9145/2314/files/suzojobejiderozokewanow.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/23929268289.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/3134/7868/files/zukipumudogopikefenif.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/20745245188.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8266/1526/files/58671197079.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2536/7194/files/ecological_footprint_case_study.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6108/3288/files/state_and_capitals_song_lyrics.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/8882/8829/files/pavlov_tv_guide.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_off00004667.bin
35ca7cccada8134848e43b07164fd9e6421c83ff0ca2891a58040a4d62b81f86
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4667 5612 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00005960.bin
54efa6970f2f1466b4e04b730f74877be110bf38e2fc93db9026bf6b52bd4d30
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5960 8440 bytes