Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7abd993de4cc52ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.4 KB Created: 2020-08-06 10:44:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 7a8982306931152509790a202a521b2f SHA-1: 979bce38fb2cde2b0eb9070578259bd06e46148b SHA-256: 7abd993de4cc52ec08ebd9cdfc9f88fa711bd55f86807941ed1dcbfa0cf8d51b
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to 'ttraff.com'. This URL is presented within the document body, disguised as a link to an academic paper. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify. The primary intent appears to be directing users to malicious infrastructure via a deceptive lure.

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=air+force+last+year+paper+pdf
    • http://files.columbiacounty911.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856435/wugebef.pdf
    • http://files.theflourishsisterhood.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398156/95d18288fa830.pdf
    • http://zexipuz.jencolby.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695384/8191049.pdf
    • http://rekeniton.mickylynnexecutivetouch.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380429/fexebotidopo_manakepeb_bimizejuwoxu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5698/0377/files/sesaludev.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2936/4885/files/historia_y_evolucion_de_los_derechos_humanos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/7997453156.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/2823/1830/files/formation_word_excel_2020_gratuit.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2704/6301/files/6th_grade_math_test_and_answers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0894/9402/files/tukosodik.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5696/2467/files/60196738963.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/4380/5594/files/magic_square_calculator.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9658/1020/files/verefuwugedisutaxigo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7482/2044/files/98839708398.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00005fed.bin
de18dcffe39b3b4842e3a41a2390528ff0d885935b01f77bf2a659bbd21d8ddf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5FED 4924 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000070be.bin
a043de7749fc591e6e9d5f6606d06278f4ee0e914c2a90bcba42ea2e88acf118
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x70BE 9948 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000092bf.bin
b50a2106bf82917db0cd3cf88f63c5e8cc3298b343ace5cffc591b35df33d24c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x92BF 4324 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000a0bf.bin
ee8afa51e50492bdf4d25b6b01818d2021856a0eb5271b70f188e6d094f25891
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA0BF 2832 bytes