Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 586ff97d168302ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.0 KB Created: 2020-08-10 08:48:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: aa631c7b6abbe0156190271dad4b4a91 SHA-1: b018bfe647eb8dcfefe2b990630ca4a670fdb419 SHA-256: 586ff97d168302ee8620c1579d64827a8faec1a8399454788311f87e2046ee9e
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to 'ttraff.ru' with a query related to a US visa application form. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains this URL, reinforcing the lure. The presence of numerous external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, suggests a link farm used for SEO poisoning or to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.ru/pify?keyword=us+visa+application+form+pdf+format
    • http://files.greenvalleyvet.net/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379312/5601719.pdf
    • http://files.bridgescounselingservices.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874125/3121761.pdf
    • http://vibasel.mathessentials1.net/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636725/duxugirosokame.pdf
    • http://files.alaskaascd.net/uploads/1/3/1/4/131452811/57945fbda084ac.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/2554/5890/files/chemistry_a_molecular_approach_3rd_edition.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1772/2280/files/17611858701.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0127/3758/files/jipuxipizarapejubolitezo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5857/7056/files/53123254179.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7328/9888/files/20085715710.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4298/7422/files/xuzojanikobukag.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7205/2643/files/musut.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5258/1542/files/jirulut.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2378/5370/files/nemogejodavorowaze.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7916/2263/files/autodwg_to_dwg_converter_online.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4211/1650/files/62521193763.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8495/5300/files/baboroma.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2990/6079/files/digagebuzadawawawukewop.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_off000061a6.bin
7b742cb4daa7de5aaa1b371db237cc728042c2c3d4db567225696a75f7fbb6a5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61A6 5352 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000073d0.bin
5ae67d54cd41445d59907a58be4ff5aa0844d790272bcf0a20fa70852ae1676a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x73D0 10352 bytes