Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b87910a5442c0d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.6 KB Created: 2020-08-10 10:14:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 6e20430567a406121dffb302d00acc68 SHA-1: 219941efa3e744c2794a7fc888c5673f29e34ee2 SHA-256: 8b87910a5442c0d3cc506fc126872f4f31b608210ee03460058f36876f5ce4f1
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, suggesting a link farm or redirection strategy. One critical heuristic indicates a malicious redirector link to 'ttraff.ru'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'Streptococcus pneumoniae treatment pdf' and the malicious URL, reinforcing the lure. The presence of numerous external links and the malicious redirector strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns
  • 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=streptococcus+pneumoniae+tratamiento+pdf
    • http://files.globaluplift.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437330/a92e724.pdf
    • http://files.2ndstphoto.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070434/kenozev_figexepimupebuk_jowijekobedetuv.pdf
    • http://dafiliv.akaibara.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132710797/zotapirokoge-mekuwonebiz.pdf
    • http://files.michaeldepore.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406288/kejavifas.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/9971/6770/files/xemagovekerazemalogizu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/2164/6498/files/sunemoxorosalisute.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1691/2023/files/83816895571.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/nagexonulelaxefirulilona.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7977/8979/files/60386156675.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7729/5521/files/30621390342.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6776/8981/files/how_to_lock_a_discord_channel.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/8029/2254/files/luseruvafoke.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/tedogunugovosilogupex.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1827/2423/files/64438741545.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1932/0992/files/sansui_television_manual.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_off0000a0c2.bin
943fcd3f4d45cf8a58eae626ab168607b24b4046e70474a6fa43254d827bee90
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA0C2 5372 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000b2ee.bin
4a1b4621eafe769fb5eabd8221061d2b44b8518f5d1a4f3308bba9b3e156fe1f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2EE 15172 bytes