Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c56d2d91c86d888…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2020-07-28 04:56:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4489bb89eb0c1a8dcf0ac12adef325aa SHA-1: a852c51e9567056b888a78080bc45bedddcf4a98 SHA-256: 8c56d2d91c86d88810a8620a284ec362e70cb296272dead4f0c42e7bff145d35
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, a common tactic for redirecting users to malicious sites. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.ru, with a keyword suggesting a lure for technical information. Another heuristic flagged a link farm structure, pointing to multiple PDFs hosted on Shopify. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains metadata related to the authoring application and creation date, but no direct textual lure is discernible.

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=freenas+raid+guide
    • http://files.colindecio.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453194/zedixodeteliz_linisulu.pdf
    • http://files.betterbaseballcoaching.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871648/paduzenekanunotini.pdf
    • http://files.lyssanda-designs.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132816107/kumeredupewilidena.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1320/9246/files/43382287769.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0088/7457/files/fubab.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7229/8918/files/93583993991.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9676/0730/files/52812908705.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/46456123156.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9799/0055/files/suwavemekimelarudo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4885/3926/files/janok.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6043/6887/files/86099445053.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/6879/8614/files/fanev.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1560/1304/files/61872115306.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/12410546401.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5852/8405/files/wufenabovagiwitagujezi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3383/7224/files/wugorafamogupibibagenigi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/1728/0408/files/36623695948.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8181/7495/files/76323890808.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_off0000da44.bin
4a0bd6ba898175544d015cf69c2e0c4e74c33f4e604de41db064b7bca2f489b2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA44 4608 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9dd.bin
69881aa886a3c580dd73e1cc17b2487456504c046290d75af3fa44a369ed50f3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DD 15220 bytes