Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 935dacebef92f57d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

55.4 KB Created: 2020-08-16 21:07:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 011ed72e719a6be03efbc01b9076c8da SHA-1: cb4d81de46f5bf5ebd33cfb7b39d6487c200727b SHA-256: 935dacebef92f57db968dab9cd6078402c0ba03fe5da1030be7156024ee7fa64
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a mass of external links, many hosted on shopify.com, designed to appear as legitimate documents but likely serving as a link farm. One prominent link, 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=medexpress+virtual+job+tryout+answers', is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains this malicious URL and references a 'medexpress virtual job tryout', suggesting a lure to trick users into clicking the malicious link. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and link analysis strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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=medexpress+virtual+job+tryout+answers
    • http://files.theluckywood.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775557/331447.pdf
    • http://files.middleagemiracles.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775934/basoveruzu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6581/8789/files/fosavafid.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8699/5863/files/tezugasumajulufuvusanaso.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4470/9276/files/cell_structure_and_function_chart.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6430/3522/files/juturoson.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0023/3112/files/kekaxobudipunimipoxi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9124/5733/files/imperial_decree_rolls.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7754/9728/files/49435239777.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4628/1122/files/41445418108.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1838/6588/files/bapimamelumufonatude.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9803/8679/files/kizibikuxokig.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4818/1666/files/10914439575.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1733/8005/files/present_indefinite_tense_exercises_in_urdu.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00008b0b.bin
971fe247ff9cad91feac9d835988cfaea00c02d4ce4e90cdc606f91c80a8c599
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B0B 5376 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009d82.bin
75956b0c382c494cb9f35ffae3a8968faaacc1a27370f4794f398aa8ac2f4785
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9D82 10876 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000c2b2.bin
9f355172d696dda274cac500966718f112ce76951f19577ac4888987ea6471b2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2B2 4324 bytes