Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ff3e1075e7880ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.9 KB Created: 2020-08-23 11:44:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: a75c1c7c68711f5a579f52ed2d6ce686 SHA-1: 606fe759d675ee020b59f034baf2e15c06b9da14 SHA-256: 9ff3e1075e7880ab09a45e01a27da7dde6289ed16095c6c86caba23993780459
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a mass of external links, many of which point to a redirector service. The primary malicious link identified is https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=cub+scout+den+leader+handbook+pdf, which likely leads to further malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to the same URL and other PDF links, reinforcing the lure strategy.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.com/pify?keyword=cub+scout+den+leader+handbook+pdf
    • http://files.thepts.net/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969820/1112648.pdf
    • http://files.iittlesiz.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738614/bedilazusalabox-kipul-vufawutalano.pdf
    • http://files.clareslaneycounselling.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874102/bujowisutoke_togojig_sinowakedapub.pdf
    • http://files.newchoicemusic.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131409009/c93bcf2.pdf
    • http://fawinufe.tnfederationfortheaging.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776457/2b079a89.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/8863/2213/files/isis_kills_gays.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3550/0439/files/27587503899.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9724/2280/files/sheetz_dc_claysburg_pa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2072/1055/files/vimiluwalikudowi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7061/1861/files/xaxajul.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5650/3704/files/67357390761.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1653/5720/files/volibear_build_s7.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2797/9678/files/pathway_bronkopneumonia_pada_anak.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4518/9797/files/spanish_learning_books_for_beginners.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/5703/4902/files/giant_defy_2014_size_guide.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/nudukesobiji.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9131/9201/files/raw_diet_recipes.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_off000056bb.bin
d0b997412753e9029aad434bee046433ac682c0ed8756892596fcbcad06bb62b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x56BB 5352 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000068d2.bin
b9a3355ca48a302eb6f02ffcbaad630ac012438c2e3cec74172f166e0c8f5f34
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x68D2 9896 bytes