Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d613632d673af2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.9 KB Created: 2020-08-16 17:27:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: adc92868db2bbf591e064383d11060b1 SHA-1: 0684c51a0cf1ba678bba8c66c81bf7091b4b82a7 SHA-256: 8d613632d673af2c5922e7a480e45090515e8546557092f3077930b52c2ea0fd
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to external PDF documents. One URL, 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=basics+of+computer+hardware+pdf', is identified as a malicious redirector. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence. The primary attack pattern appears to be SEO manipulation rather than direct user compromise.

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=basics+of+computer+hardware+pdf
    • http://files.cocoanutgrovethemovie.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969313/9cb81.pdf
    • http://zesow.briarwoodmashpee.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303382/4838a7bcd.pdf
    • http://dunat.carolinebrogan.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739967/judanekawapotu_xadavizelimu.pdf
    • http://pupujidir.katherinemcmahonart.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131069899/1370564526.pdf
    • http://files.doadagny.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637385/5248828.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4088/2343/files/nivoramidapabezulirite.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6589/2245/files/25498621784.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6871/1321/files/sezamejunadagulakakigo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6346/6391/files/gobogenemamumedikijipen.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5619/3955/files/dolavanurisumogonexame.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1128/4893/files/39826559762.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0443/5968/0156/files/a_flat_stomach_asap.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5850/2563/files/sesekebixemepuf.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1190/7488/files/vekukirudabirezoliba.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/1098/0000/files/3._4_biogeochemical_cycles_worksheet_answers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4624/8358/files/4162200435.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0485/4426/files/melamukigara.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/8711/6965/files/zotomesamegaxizazanin.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_off00006188.bin
7a7ce5392c20dc686cc4992dcc94384b409aedf673a7cc6d98ab85970e85ec94
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6188 5504 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007426.bin
2c1f2d62804887f8f2836ddd59cc564aff1ba5851e75021e50410f41dba05fba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7426 10132 bytes