Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f6e25aa7e106d72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.7 KB Created: 2020-08-09 01:56:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 517e5b6250a31d3223b3d750cbb3725c SHA-1: 9d8d1dcda8f9a00f1aa3ad165029a980747c2492 SHA-256: 9f6e25aa7e106d729a8a9f72cafa84bf6b64cc3fca3513fab3365f5a8161f22a
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded links, one of which, 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=addition+problem+solving+for+grade+1+pdf', is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'addition problem solving for grade 1 pdf' and references the wkhtmltopdf tool, suggesting a lure to disguise malicious content. The presence of numerous external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, indicates a link farm strategy, likely to improve search engine ranking for malicious content or to obscure the ultimate destination.

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.ru/pify?keyword=addition+problem+solving+for+grade+1+pdf
    • http://files.ghumc.org/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740525/waxapivinewax_nuwewoxebuve_zurorumunur.pdf
    • http://gebivepa.cathryncariad.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407089/bogirerex.pdf
    • http://files.jihyunhong.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438639/221bbf09e36.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/97503793953.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7764/0092/files/how_to_string_a_lacrosse_head.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6576/1176/files/wurumafideperi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9236/9823/files/wilosumomegigelipedogako.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/3022/2747/files/59600114248.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8642/9861/files/50127880838.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2750/4024/files/3119416214.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7587/1654/files/rakijurinupezewedami.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8860/9429/files/vukepidiruwamopowixa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/1728/0408/files/82078499169.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0923/6374/files/83811301164.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6579/4965/files/85479192824.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_off00004b41.bin
22b58dddc097f28250af9a6c1112b5419c96a7c372bf5f109333208de896705d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4B41 5392 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00005d7d.bin
1d16d78a999d9e8dc87e2cb692db314a3d2daf5edc9e3bace6e655fa07bbda43
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5D7D 9964 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00007fa6.bin
a542ec26cea93e049a2e27cd59b1347dd9bbdea13775fd7b822b3c2b3136116f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7FA6 4324 bytes