Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48b50c0b83e78de2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.7 KB Created: 2020-08-11 06:43:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: b1bbb72b4f4c156159b2d8883160ed40 SHA-1: d934ff88667031138e9fa8e3ad2f96fca1e9d7a1 SHA-256: 48b50c0b83e78de28a3d74ec70fb0c5cfc36a93ee3df126cc1e427e34b190a16
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a lure for a 'PDF password cracker' and includes numerous links, many pointing to a link farm. One critical finding indicates a link to known malicious redirector infrastructure at 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=pdf+password+cracker'. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic suggests the document is designed to trick users into downloading an encrypted file, likely containing malware, after providing a password. The document body contains obfuscated text but does include the malicious URL and a benign-looking Shopify URL.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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=pdf+password+cracker
    • http://files.nokomispl.org/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164504/536f264d6e78b.pdf
    • http://files.ogepta.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131452959/sodaziwoso.pdf
    • http://files.herbalbeautysoap.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775518/juwudofabugeti.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0386/2440/files/autodata_diagnostic_trouble_codes.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/90841244024.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8580/7269/files/astm_b117_standard_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0032/3478/files/pharmacology_mnemonics_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8352/1445/files/already_home_a_great_big_world_piano_sheet_music.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0513/2456/files/27681916999.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1812/5465/files/usa_map_hd.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/0057/8723/files/rivijazusa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3728/6812/files/lijifidodozafop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/4976/3487/files/masojif.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4528/8093/files/77058916719.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_off00006125.bin
6d74f97313c9a79081caab11c6af1685054c035d79e9d7865e24c9971b4dbe28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6125 5272 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000733e.bin
ec81fd47da8cd6844bbfc7e652f58bc8527f0e70c187b74486bd780c37a9ef1c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x733E 10360 bytes