Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8428fbed55e645ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.1 KB Created: 2020-08-07 20:31:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 9cd23d19aa32fc15dc8f6855ff1293f3 SHA-1: aaa4d47b922e9a5a762bb61e4476c280d211cc05 SHA-256: 8428fbed55e645ef37e147bf38c9f4a563cec326b7af33a5bd975ee47dd4ffa5
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains a mass of external links, many pointing to Shopify domains, but one specific URL, 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=icao+annex+17+pdf+free+download', is flagged as a malicious redirector. This suggests the document is designed to trick users into clicking the link under the guise of a free PDF download, leading them to malicious infrastructure. No scripts were extracted, and the document body is largely unreadable binary data, but the presence of the malicious redirector and the link farm heuristic strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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=icao+annex+17+pdf+free+download
    • http://files.sbkherbals.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130815026/nuburavizanib.pdf
    • http://files.newellbooks.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813797/vapujulo_rajeker_vewidufe.pdf
    • http://mixubize.petphetish.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874359/fewajatotavisiz_vemew_zerevutikok_pukoduxowijof.pdf
    • http://files.janenicola.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380183/755797.pdf
    • http://files.birdsofpreytexas.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438397/1f28c8.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0506/6913/files/lemexalulubepomibo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8851/9080/files/subuxaxemo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0688/5031/files/xabakakoga.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5804/4826/files/61032876258.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4188/1254/files/jilabujutolaxirogo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7812/3680/files/nalorop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0664/7717/files/pemufagofanixefenanezav.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4570/7166/files/nisuvemabotudi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/4645/1862/files/6068031148.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/8855/7718/files/types_of_communication_with_references.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/7799/9519/files/77142304262.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4330/7175/files/broken_silence_natasha_preston_free.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/8151/2613/files/85926549368.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_off00006b4d.bin
36f0a70d4b260c148d1fe8ee7e24c1db5a24b07a5f7b4771194eddc3bd201a44
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B4D 5200 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007d38.bin
15b6cc83fc3ac56494c7efbe97e73d8a7a8f07208b44257a64826513301a3651
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7D38 10076 bytes