Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55972574d2b9df21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.5 KB Created: 2020-08-07 07:37:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 61912aef7df14bffc9201b2b089a3d89 SHA-1: d02668ba45511f745b5f825814d69856a44ede30 SHA-256: 55972574d2b9df2184ffb1bbf1736a5742995c14fddc3a94d5219c1a24468d98
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, 'ttraff.cc', which is likely the primary malicious payload delivery mechanism. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains the text 'how to draw bending moment diagram pdf' and a URL that reconstructs to 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=how+to+draw+bending+moment+diagram+pdf', indicating a lure to disguise the malicious link. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

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=how+to+draw+bending+moment+diagram+pdf
    • http://files.abbotswoodaction.org/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740350/lotoso_tewex_tabapirabuwit.pdf
    • http://files.cosmicbirding.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438282/voperojude.pdf
    • http://files.mountviewcommunitykindergarten.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131409693/32f241302c5.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3485/9941/files/tafegujofafukera.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/7130/5896/files/28498401837.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1381/5966/files/90814189352.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8471/7979/files/70082687360.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8351/3494/files/bavelomuzizititewesowuzu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2131/0880/files/entrepreneurial_development_book_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9263/1962/files/cubic_equations_of_state.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4678/8502/files/dezijojivuwenod.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/8036/6745/files/how_to_move_pages_in_adobe_acrobat_pro.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6321/3209/files/dikemitozuvotebabo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9687/3885/files/88723455596.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/0094/5048/files/zurape.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5567/6568/files/67087520312.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000085ab.bin
76726b39abe222dee10a6ac9995b78498e917503feaca1249afdc92cdf907132
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x85AB 5344 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000097d3.bin
ad3a0a250fe560ed8e3b9034bcc457199a428747c0e0665ad3cfc09c627e2ce0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x97D3 15352 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000c81a.bin
8359d1bd5fdcb7784e153890727898ae1df356a68bf28bba4321897ff39eac40
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC81A 16096 bytes