Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9669f98a1b676cef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.1 KB Created: 2020-08-11 00:03:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 9014a36b4cc0f7cd119a99d7084d3d5f SHA-1: b951640ef21050e7a111350889d5e75cfbad6b46 SHA-256: 9669f98a1b676cefbb9dce37b15bcaf1e0a873a1459422c4d3faf4899e1db4fc
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell

The PDF contains a lure for users to click on a link related to "command prompt hacking tutorial pdf". This link, https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=command+prompt+hacking+tutorial+pdf, redirects to malicious infrastructure. The document also contains a large number of external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, likely for SEO manipulation or to obscure the primary malicious redirector. The heuristic 'SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE' indicates the document may also instruct users to interact with command-line tools, further suggesting a malicious intent to trick the user into executing commands or visiting dangerous sites.

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.
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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=command+prompt+hacking+tutorial+pdf
    • http://gitimofak.stephmchen.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132814930/jaweganajemid.pdf
    • http://zisisena.alexbaltodano.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131483281/bonumulu.pdf
    • http://fijewa.debsharratt.co.uk/uploads/1/3/1/4/131455069/9004224.pdf
    • http://deraxi.trilogyladiesgolfleague.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383629/rasenililekoraj_wejawarimid_garugemodix_rexuzewawomeba.pdf
    • http://files.tofubox.shop/uploads/1/3/1/4/131482997/5257344.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3861/3415/files/66063248279.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9121/3988/files/datuvazukazor.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2480/0151/files/naruto_classico_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7865/5903/files/32019575978.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5011/4967/files/75572503659.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4126/8647/files/nisimizekuwegukaw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5765/9547/files/5820841065.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/9945/3608/files/detosigopemos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3532/8663/files/45360364014.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5652/9557/files/toxosed.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2611/9831/files/60399403288.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7555/9829/files/design_studio_press.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3277/1734/files/48162433438.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8651/9208/files/xevilotizaxotudujenebug.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
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aab2700e78e4250b062e0a6a0dad1a6306dccbbeeaa521e446017441c7aa2532
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6ADA 5360 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007ce3.bin
eb0d680ec790c56c62bb477f3e798781648936a71426ffd9c46e4a8476160775
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7CE3 10004 bytes