Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4eac1cb60bf73462…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.7 KB Created: 2020-08-25 01:23:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: a53a17fefcb27793cc1a601cb06e9a07 SHA-1: 13635a2b05c05ef40a88dc6c240b9b9e22317983 SHA-256: 4eac1cb60bf73462952c257c7971f876aca7e8292e858b4dd570bea3894552d2
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains a critical heuristic indicating it links to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=securecrt+7+portable'. Additionally, it exhibits a PDF link farm pattern with numerous external links, many hosted on cdn.shopify.com. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references that, combined with the heuristics, suggest a lure for sensitive information like recovery secrets or private keys. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into clicking malicious links disguised as helpful content.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • Recovery secret / private key request critical SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE
    Document requests recovery phrases, private keys, backup codes, or saved passwords. Requests for these secrets in a document are high-risk.
  • 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=securecrt+7+portable
    • http://files.rachelaustinrachelaustin.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682892/savekituzitof-xolewe-lowokidiwobil.pdf
    • http://files.allisonmilmoe.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132683000/waxilexa.pdf
    • http://files.roeyebert.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636843/jodepuk_wekafeme.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4931/2666/files/gym_workout_plan_to_lose_weight.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7035/6632/files/effects_of_plastic_pollution_on_human_health.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4444/5092/files/98891272106.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4591/2727/files/21808652574.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/9714/2936/files/3649349613.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7140/6237/files/wofudipezofomowotoxomapop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9023/1974/files/99637010739.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0450/8326/3141/files/49415459750.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9232/9116/files/dufaxozeponu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5296/5792/files/57632505768.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2635/7160/files/bitdefender_antivirus_apk_full.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4686/3005/files/lonakuwelura.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3503/3757/files/48714209259.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0448/9166/8647/files/tuzazajuliri.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5980/5350/files/josaderuwu.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_off0000715a.bin
841f7041fd07e06819b53e2ddeb154039bdfb39c2b4cb9e198720ccf593d9af4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x715A 5072 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000082a7.bin
f1746f5c5e2f3bc95776275787ef259b8a3fff2077adb36a51b9b14fa0754a42
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x82A7 10476 bytes