Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54944fee4ef37f1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2020-07-20 02:09:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 779c93f376db4e518df043af8457e9b7 SHA-1: 71724e485e6bbc3b4eff07901f5c61905ee80520 SHA-256: 54944fee4ef37f1b732a7629d50c74c5f7f36ea75940a97038de9c9abd771f68
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, a technique often used for SEO spam or to distribute malicious content. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, 'ttraff.cc', which is designed to lead users to harmful sites. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be related to search terms for a book series, suggesting a lure to trick users into clicking the malicious link. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and link farm indicate a delivery mechanism for further malicious activity.

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/wb?keyword=the%20golden%20compass%20book%20series%20pdf
    • http://files.fcwellnesscompanyltd.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132680986/27ec65.pdf
    • http://files.ebingermusic.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712514/4139684.pdf
    • http://files.milbscoop.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131454791/lonumaj.pdf
    • http://files.plumislandweavingco.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775211/kemawem.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/6633/6167/files/mafapeguk.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8859/3567/files/22439745356.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/94229011204.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/vuketunaxu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/4717/4822/files/fujexutiwodapugatewe.pdf
    • https://nalibavur.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/gezerovosub.pdf
    • https://nanesufated.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/75708538563.pdf
    • https://zisoliw.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/32342481095.pdf
    • https://zomifuv.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/zusiravumurur.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8213/0332/files/pogobabugada.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0119/2352/files/tonamunitazed.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6350/0197/files/63541961806.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1322/6139/files/33577063884.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/65105912314.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8852/7013/files/19534474999.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3617/1688/files/jaxoxuronenoke.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/49816413057.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/1/0433/0687/7080/files/v

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010ef7.bin
f63e126488efc878d4d25b1a5fa8234e874c5536d3410134a1dd2c82e1c846d4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF7 5432 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012126.bin
eb3ca0e8929705cc2ee60ce9e4307a2f7d85d5212240989bcf66442fec0040b3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12126 14148 bytes