Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54888f7c05afde54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.3 KB Created: 2020-08-31 15:39:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: efbf3575ba5ca90b60a598ba77342abe SHA-1: dd220151e328503a356852d8f6980bc0c694b0b7 SHA-256: 54888f7c05afde54cea024860a0fe14680aa6b50ea607787947073162c1b52e9
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.cc, which is disguised as a solution to a common Windows error ('msvcp140.dll missing'). The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains this URL and numerous other links to PDFs hosted on static.usrfiles.com, suggesting a link farm or redirection strategy. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. No scripts were extracted, but the primary malicious activity appears to be the redirection to the malicious URL.

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.
  • 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.cc/wix?keyword=msvcp140.+dll+missing+windows+10
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_61a8fd9d557f4068bb5e783080b20db6.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/cfbfd2_6cfc765151bf42d7bce8f5ae4b92baa2.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_42c352870c6d464aa2ba5c4fa26692ff.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/1a89c8_7727055dcfdc40ebaa7b26b4576e9f76.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_8895a66aa5e94c0aa5629c65ffb013c7.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0263/4148/files/wulufaw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7152/8344/files/best_video_caller_id_app_for_android.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7494/5184/files/my_yahoo_login.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/37263727017.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7950/7872/files/35271363261.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4600/8982/files/xegedireruvufavesagus.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5259/6374/files/farur.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/4cf28d_bc2f67f32cef44ffaa89ba4e129cabb2.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/7dd30d_6b935b46309248eeb47f41ff64552097.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/1/0431/7950/787

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00006510.bin
a85280df899d678dc5b08c8dd985a67d360aae9f501055a5bc1f4e2d99e5fb57
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6510 5556 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007820.bin
a512fb94c0f2b41819ec7a332481ee5be144bf4691620e215661bb99d37ddce0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7820 11084 bytes