Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 973bec28c8744b0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

55.2 KB Created: 2020-09-01 02:50:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 888dbc4cce7087bd31e1a7ff3382c0e8 SHA-1: 6958f181585d65a56fc19004eaf1a2d6085d6c9f SHA-256: 973bec28c8744b0bc4fcac00cd443ff8cd8ce2c153d4e7a5882edd8ea59cee82
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to 'https://ttraff.ru/wix?keyword=yowhatsapp+latest+apk+for+android'. Additionally, it exhibits a PDF link farm heuristic, with numerous links pointing to Shopify-hosted PDFs, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute content. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports the malicious intent. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same redirector URL, reinforcing its role in a potential download scam.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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/wix?keyword=yowhatsapp+latest+apk+for+android
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7182/3262/files/47716103358.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2103/1832/files/antonyms_meaning_in_marathi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8148/9818/files/38667114100.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6989/8913/files/73096377305.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1664/9890/files/cctv_setup_guide.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2315/4850/files/coduto_geotechnical_engineering.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/8173/5073/files/bug_bounty_hunting_methodology_v2.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8423/4396/files/wimipunufi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6990/6854/files/41550107874.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7504/2457/files/cast_away_full_movie_tamil_dubbed.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6081/2190/files/dunagikuvejuwivodegu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5276/9192/files/certificado_medico_ministerio_de_salud.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/1850/0765/files/algebra_3_textbook_answers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2459/6642/files/xosawoloroxaxo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4684/6119/files/nubukeza.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_off00008db2.bin
77ed1c7f05886a62fad5c4e11a0e73b5f5ad96ff105d833876982049ba5057f8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8DB2 5036 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009ed5.bin
7f5f252c5f7290d0779a12bd0f4351f56ee1b23c7fcfdc97f33e3c228e02e4ce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9ED5 10044 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000c13b.bin
1062cd8ddf90f4344fa193b395386d5669df1a952e5759311ca261a71931f361
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC13B 4324 bytes