Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5900e0fb368ad5ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.8 KB Created: 2020-08-08 08:20:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8fa00e75c09d73bc0209816b33ffe231 SHA-1: d00a07062b56abf7c56837c19e35c933eaf81c0c SHA-256: 5900e0fb368ad5ec8f0615ef66dc9b6942badd1973fa425cace9af559f013795
120 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.com'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to a 'Pip claim form 2020 pdf', suggesting a phishing lure. The file also contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to Shopify, likely part of a link farm to improve search engine ranking for malicious content. The primary malicious IOC is the redirector URL.

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.com/pify?keyword=pip+claim+form+2020+pdf
    • http://files.pianoreflection.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131384335/zogatu.pdf
    • http://files.yournewhomepartners.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738803/8017c44412c8.pdf
    • http://files.seminoleculturalarts.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131454634/d0eb4b4.pdf
    • http://files.oroxflexo.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969811/8b025a6eda.pdf
    • http://files.heissrealty.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132696171/wagelabu-genetav-tujazi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0796/5345/files/types_of_personality_traits.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7780/3925/files/learning_english_worksheets_for_beginners.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/jaled.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/6148/6503/files/dipilowegubowib.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6284/5859/files/6134022786.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0252/7895/files/zizukigelomigolapoz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5026/1911/files/6202869424.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2411/4076/files/fujitsu_fi_6130_drivers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/1093/1358/files/didaxakotinevebud.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/4259/2152/files/deguzediperesuwijejagok.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/20424522606.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8904/4383/files/winesugamotisaxud.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5637/3659/files/beverly_hills_star_map.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/xakikalimakimoxe.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_off000062aa.bin
e7544154fe40f5565d273df327746a4e765e33755c337425576af71d71d2b950
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x62AA 5400 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000074ee.bin
1393db530f6b916548a6e88bfe966ae7c5814a3526209c409285ea6ea830dbea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x74EE 9676 bytes