Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 914239a71379b7a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

55.9 KB Created: 2020-08-05 13:59:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 43fad328a0a7b57ac2b4b3f10af77487 SHA-1: be3debeb720046efb7c2c4d9129459238bf6b763 SHA-256: 914239a71379b7a0f5ac992a83a4a663ccc2cf7194c5fd46b446e171bd2e013e
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, but one critical link directs to a known malicious redirector at 'ttraff.cc'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same URL as the malicious redirector, suggesting the primary intent is to drive traffic to this malicious site. The heuristic firings confirm the presence of a malicious redirector and a link farm within the PDF. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of direct payload execution.

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/wb?keyword=apache%20aircrew%20training%20manual
    • http://files.learningessentialsnc.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132683017/397fad.pdf
    • http://files.parkhillbowlingclub.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132815154/4047543.pdf
    • http://files.peterstyle.eu/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775062/somip_wotagole_wurixitupovufuz_jugob.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0118/3397/files/hyperdimension_neptunia_re_birth1_dragon_claw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5391/6053/files/wowawufugoxofuxezovonin.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1701/1353/files/anemia_sideroblastica_fisiopatologia.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/vofelowuloluvazoriwonub.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7395/2158/files/affairscloud_february_2020.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4386/4228/files/rimip.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9782/6207/files/81293846821.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4686/3005/files/fefijubibi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5036/0232/files/90698367541.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3551/5290/files/51776314228.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3721/2319/files/77385220715.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5725/0455/files/nafabulinatu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7798/3653/files/zelajulivax.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6535/2102/files/python_directory_exists.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_off000090e3.bin
177427eded3fdac2e0760193d7af267c550f17afaca499c4f043bcf7a9cfa4e7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x90E3 5248 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000a2a6.bin
d6c3ae413db6448fb3e80c62a9f0019f7aec8b8cd4cec967614bf97452187d03
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA2A6 15480 bytes