Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95c0f2c6492042c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB Created: 2020-08-25 23:29:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 639e97b61a0543216d659a7a1c835797 SHA-1: 6a7f3ce4fd249b0e5f84514cf62fba082ac5c6d5 SHA-256: 95c0f2c6492042c091c082e62cd1eafdc41c45ca98a1e8df1a0dcae9049e5527
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to `https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=blessings+and+curses+derek+prince+free+download`. This indicates an attempt to redirect the user to malicious infrastructure. Additionally, the PDF exhibits characteristics of a link farm, embedding numerous external links, many hosted on Shopify, suggesting a tactic to artificially inflate search engine rankings or distribute content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the primary malicious URL and other embedded URLs, reinforcing the lure for free downloads.

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/pify?keyword=blessings+and+curses+derek+prince+free+download
    • http://files.workhorseexperiences.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740633/4859008.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1828/8284/files/live_tv_apk_free.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/0517/4179/files/applied_mathematics_1_book_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2048/3751/files/86411058136.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6246/8503/files/59996404561.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1538/9855/files/xilenezoda.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/3087/9136/files/41623870882.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0219/1269/files/australian_manufacturing_industry_report.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6662/1094/files/28961445117.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9432/7961/files/human_body_systems_foldable.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6893/8658/files/woxidenoda.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3467/3305/files/gojobakofizideri.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/9011/5748/files/petuw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1283/2932/files/rocky_seven_rdr2.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5358/0437/files/medial_cuneiform_injury_symptoms.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_off00004cb3.bin
ad1b7ee652ade69757e45c8c5903156f83bbdaa7db61ef6fff2c3d1c58e4208b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4CB3 5528 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00005fa3.bin
44bc6bc7799f2c50f11e8d68bcf209b250c7da9436d743e054b20fbf5e1aeb0f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5FA3 9816 bytes