Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 511a2c12d722dda1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.7 KB Created: 2020-07-31 10:48:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 6e74e04002b62304ec6780de86c7410a SHA-1: 9f40c501bf1e2a7aa8e1260f2f47f8c812a22766 SHA-256: 511a2c12d722dda163c81b95914935f310cfa6651da67c13487b14b2cacf8f16
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to a redirector service known to host malicious content. The heuristic PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK specifically flags a URL leading to 'ttraff.cc', indicating a malicious redirector. Additionally, the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a mass of external PDF links, with the first identified link being 'https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/lorabo.pdf'. The document body appears to be heavily obfuscated or corrupted, preventing a clear understanding of its intended lure beyond the presence of these links.

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=agile+leadership+principles+pdf
    • http://files.bensonmarshall.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695663/xexugav_tedineweg_rizujulupizuk.pdf
    • http://files.cffu.org/uploads/1/3/2/6/132683111/bazakekukaxatiwi.pdf
    • http://files.thefreedominsimple.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738830/luwogegikire.pdf
    • http://files.naturalbalancetherapies.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131454190/woresanutut.pdf
    • http://files.olivestreetinteriordesign.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969408/buketaluxub_bemawuzuwavarag_watudetaso_narovonija.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/lorabo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5036/0232/files/xaxugoxopirike.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0417/4233/files/65086581225.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1604/5222/files/ruzoxutirupofatilefov.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/3020/0991/files/lanavejibuluralemijexa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3433/7695/files/38617700766.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8151/5673/files/81772424035.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7727/0692/files/60051811265.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7952/2714/files/fusazetisatuwegavafawujal.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9252/4702/files/feselexigenanaxinowebo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2287/5797/files/suwoliludegozekixoku.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3227/3319/files/88120652536.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/7219/8558/files/68087950929.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2067/3433/files/bixojovejagoxagumojexiseg.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/
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1604/5222/files/ruzoxutirupofat

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000776e.bin
12ec823e995c993d54879c34798ff83ad054dbdc216b2c939ecb4ffb4f0d86f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x776E 5004 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008857.bin
a6c89de01cf26f0843bb2975c5102851e891abaf03cefcecf10bb30a224b7d1b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8857 9664 bytes