Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49c627573d7810b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.5 KB Created: 2020-08-11 13:48:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-05-08
MD5: 6acd26a5ee4b11af097a0d56770935c2 SHA-1: afb039f0ca9a90bdb19ec7c587b6efcbbdea0748 SHA-256: 49c627573d7810b94ab0e184200b42e3e93143e1e580525c932ae8ee20abb1f2
232 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 of which point to external resources. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.com, which is used to lure users into downloading further malicious content. The document body text and embedded URLs suggest a social engineering lure related to downloading lyrics, which is a common tactic for distributing malware. The file's structure and the presence of numerous links indicate it functions as a link farm designed to distribute malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

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.
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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=despacito+lyrics+download+pdf+in+english In PDF document text
    • http://tugoxas.thegoldenstateacademyschoolofspeechanddebate.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874232/3956444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.pollypanda.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407459/momurububutij_tatifomuwonoser_zulumozojal_balob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womuj.joseeliasgallegos.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379578/3cfa2c0c613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.statebirdtogo.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132710687/a1b067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.makealbertagreatagain.shop/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873826/jimimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6758/8252/files/zezaleparasotuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6118/2617/files/tufaxesimexofokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1020/3556/files/55725632157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9853/0202/files/55591616667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9969/2958/files/ccie_collaboration_quick_reference_download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7245/3784/files/nekolimuzuvidulorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/6493/1992/files/68768779918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4764/8406/files/pajirakibakilutezafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5674/2046/files/99687965478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9948/8410/files/73138961355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8130/9085/files/adenoma_tubular_con_displasia_de_bajo_grado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6355/8815/files/lodakibusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3964/5093/files/gotinel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000749f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x749F 5612 bytes
SHA-256: bf23a5eb386f56aa59e9372022a750d4a06dd98d74dd1c346ee936eb247d646b
font_01_sfnt_off000087c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x87C1 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 0a4648637aabb2518a144ca379234d6d358fa95a024be0904aa2c48ad342949a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ac40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAC40 18776 bytes
SHA-256: e58e8e8d3617fa2f52d62469859eb662c26c1c1537dc21f5cc6f1aa71eaa6aed