Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e5f66b3c53aec34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.3 KB Created: 2020-08-18 21:15:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: d7ad96e26cc61007770ddc704455d6d9 SHA-1: f0b6fb0749429a932372d0d70c3ef538a3780a5f SHA-256: 9e5f66b3c53aec34b6196cfc22cece0b40e0f3666e730da9c355fbc9a3829bfc
128 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 critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=bhoot+fm+13+september+2019'. This indicates an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site. Additionally, the PDF exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded links, many hosted on cdn.shopify.com, suggesting an SEO-based lure. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the social engineering aspect of this attack. No scripts were extracted, but the combination of the malicious redirector and link farm points to a phishing or scam attempt.

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.com/pify?keyword=bhoot+fm+13+september+2019
    • http://files.lisasanayedring.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070362/81b49.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6799/8362/files/rimofajasaxo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0444/4468/0359/files/tipos_de_incendios_industriales.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8515/9843/files/75822162058.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3174/9031/files/16026558165.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0321/3984/files/95282406324.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0459/2412/2773/files/chemistry_mole_conversions_worksheet_answers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2218/7685/files/jedugi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/7204/2661/files/muzuxesiturikenoku.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4516/7008/files/lumawomiwa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2183/6193/files/78768389442.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/5663/6828/files/3380016129.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2670/1723/files/54271561034.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_off00004004.bin
4dd40566f71fe88bebf4febc814b2be51f8848a9182e0db3fe682c288a53b953
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4004 5368 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00005241.bin
d9b0b8995da27faba3d0e007a576304c58173100ebdbeeee5474090b1b7df64e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5241 9452 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000072a4.bin
4fcfa7c68d76e23b667942a3ac892d2d5d88346478daafc61479ad4df4af3dd3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x72A4 4324 bytes