Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a69254d18f7a5542…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.5 KB Created: 2020-08-16 20:53:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 268c255b85eddc3f7525fb22123bef64 SHA-1: 0df4f859c5f2d1e0055efa25fa77337fcca5246d SHA-256: a69254d18f7a5542bd8283f25090d3e23e0d501da74e56426357d3d9d25b2399
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a deceptive call-to-action disguised as a film review template. It embeds numerous links, including one to a known malicious redirector at 'ttraff.com'. This redirector likely serves as a gateway to further malicious content or exploits. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure to click the malicious link.

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=film+review+template+for+students
    • http://bimera.radovansebesta.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636725/6161278.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4757/4949/files/rupinder_gandhi_original_photos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6926/8373/files/gawekibivojeso.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7315/8806/files/18412136838.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8607/8369/files/changing_file_to_word_document_free.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4291/3952/files/lupuloluxowe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7441/0910/files/94325044146.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5106/5243/files/warumupuvibanebijage.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/6515/6508/files/setidibinu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0896/6307/files/davubozidikatefofufep.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_off000049d5.bin
c0a34f29b1c31dc0f2f7f14df2ed1f4299eb16a93565a66a165f4677ea6d5cca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x49D5 5296 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00005bc8.bin
8e8eb1b0db5626fe199aa8c324a242458a16951ff295713ee9d3c676fe4754a5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5BC8 10000 bytes