Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 893ecbbfebba48f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.8 KB Created: 2020-08-03 11:48:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 7744780ba4f32dfcb28b822f20083c7d SHA-1: b4c3adb6ffa2b54d1070cef3ce926087dfcd09df SHA-256: 893ecbbfebba48f12c1ee2ed92a05aa1c39bef465e2022f765711bba49be522e
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1200 Hardware Add-in

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, with the primary redirector link being https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=cantaloupe+island+pdf+alto+sax. This indicates a link farm or redirection strategy to obscure the final malicious destination. The heuristic PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM confirms the presence of numerous external PDF links, suggesting a broad distribution or SEO manipulation tactic. No scripts were extracted, and the document body is heavily obfuscated, limiting further analysis of the immediate payload.

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=cantaloupe+island+pdf+alto+sax
    • http://files.thesweetcarte.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380480/3138100.pdf
    • http://files.modernflowerchild.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131607440/7334325.pdf
    • http://files.lowercreekcreations.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695633/mumazudaminokevugote.pdf
    • http://files.makinghairsmile.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132302749/fesagufu_perudovazezorem.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8698/6908/files/vaduxowodazigogus.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1970/6279/files/2208913343.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0528/8352/files/niteditigigomerisuzi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/30617095305.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9093/5969/files/wosesej.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8671/6830/files/13631879837.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9826/7029/files/osu_cookiezi_skins.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5453/8658/files/gufibotu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/3604/7520/files/woboborozevekem.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/78992801071.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4531/3941/files/zovudafejulupo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7315/8821/files/zoveremujezaruvama.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7055/3238/files/jisigin.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_off0000482e.bin
e2235a35afb628e6cc48cf3526a5ed80cccd2de2103e5c7d25402f178737e7d7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x482E 4912 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000058fc.bin
53b6528faca4e480074b9b2c3e599d5ed6947cc1fe2110f3ffe8266ebc5e49f7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x58FC 9732 bytes