Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 951c8efeca102220…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.9 KB Created: 2020-07-10 18:54:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 637dc8e61de430889726b2e172ce9ff9 SHA-1: 9d43ae6ed441ce026719a1a87e9b4104d7f977c5 SHA-256: 951c8efeca1022208fe3106255f8ffbe08717cf1a3bde2a5d989f6510c3e3112
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, indicative of a link farm or SEO poisoning attack. One of the primary links, https://ttraff.ru/wb?keyword=gravity%20die%20casting%20pdf, is identified as a malicious redirector. The document body itself is heavily obfuscated but contains references to the same URLs, suggesting a coordinated effort to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites. The presence of numerous PDF links points towards an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute malware through a large number of seemingly innocuous documents.

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/wb?keyword=gravity%20die%20casting%20pdf
    • http://files.opunakesurflifesaving.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814513/gezitowejukejekojuko.pdf
    • http://files.benspanbock.net/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776575/2377934.pdf
    • http://files.autumnskinner.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437472/wezatelunir.pdf
    • http://files.portarlingtonmarket.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969663/beveloramalip.pdf
    • http://files.ultimatefinickytraveller.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681602/ea82860d0bc6.pdf
    • http://files.ericgrayjohnson.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871494/896bb344456.pdf
    • http://files.portageresourceguide.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606644/8719065.pdf
    • http://files.bridgetsboldbelievers.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132712302/6092663.pdf
    • https://ruwosimawe.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/vilododunara.pdf
    • https://dasaxuxigu.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/migok.pdf
    • https://mubupowe.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/rikuduwaxijuziluxalil.pdf
    • https://pepemejone391185662.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/bisekiwafexuperijorenusi.pdf
    • https://jorajeto.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/mutodel.pdf
    • https://robepeler.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/66761352806.pdf
    • https://viwiwuwig.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/soxuluxakowogolelivimakez.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/bewewolifokolugetu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/94448736580.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/9467339244.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9422/8630/files/kexozezi.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_off00006a01.bin
4f4c4d54c09eb169b1cf757cea881f501badcc2a4d7a4518a0542e287260abf8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A01 5160 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007bb4.bin
783995b0f93e472065166eb7129cb0c112579caff5347ed9adddf4faa8975775
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7BB4 10328 bytes