Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dd59e611e418fc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.6 KB Created: 2020-08-20 08:57:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: fcd338393b21eea6a21dce79b7ea6ccf SHA-1: 0e8e0aa219bd87470c50cc0d5f228364ea205d14 SHA-256: 9dd59e611e418fc038b34084449f02015308b0bd5302d75929f350a219038472
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, a common tactic for SEO spam and phishing. One critical heuristic indicates a malicious redirector link, specifically 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=ignou.+ac.+in+b.+ed+entrance+form', which is designed to lead users to malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to an 'entrance form' and the URL itself, suggesting a lure to trick users into clicking the malicious link. The presence of a large number of external PDF links also points to a link farm, often used to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute malware.

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=ignou.+ac.+in+b.+ed+entrance+form
    • http://files.eng.trans-it.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739826/novogifavarig.pdf
    • http://gurera.ricofarmbureau.org/uploads/1/3/1/6/131607712/bc2794876f3e.pdf
    • http://files.fredtheafghan.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775735/8040291.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0461/4966/4931/files/fidelity_investments_401k_terms_of_withdrawal.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2394/8183/files/fuwobumevonadulokepa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7111/1330/files/16988574414.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5900/4070/files/32923267679.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/5026/1911/files/vertex_form_converter.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2626/7816/files/2810010329.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8566/9279/files/vezonevusozobimofu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7834/4085/files/luxunezufemebe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6980/8550/files/maxejusuw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6001/8852/files/dangling_and_misplaced_modifiers_worksheet.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/2338/2166/files/ridusomiwuvumobiti.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5670/9288/files/mizanuzotelukelixugik.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2890/5127/files/41750746991.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0885/2117/files/7782627487.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6998/7221/files/buxedumoxerexodez.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_off000077a6.bin
233e4ca254567c23fda24a63a1dab3d2d68aa5738605a46a91c2246572187754
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x77A6 5240 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008964.bin
c2f8d40183285c6e10449f3909eda4958e4882025ac06148812ef849b472ef88
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8964 10484 bytes