Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a70ae41097b6aa19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.6 KB Created: 2020-07-21 02:01:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 14d45eac71f9af2c3308ab02bd3606b6 SHA-1: 4a083d7d58d766a30806e4e0ef5feba7768ce447 SHA-256: a70ae41097b6aa193565493a046617a7c39b306602e28b4ef64a805bdc983b18
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a malicious redirector link disguised as a download button, aiming to trick users into clicking it. The link leads to 'ttraff.cc', a known malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to combining PDF files, likely a lure to make the malicious link seem legitimate. The PDF also hosts a large number of external links, many pointing to Shopify domains, which is characteristic of SEO-based link farms used to distribute malicious content.

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.cc/wb?keyword=how%20to%20combine%20two%20pdf%20files%20using%20adobe%20reader
    • http://files.skoth.net/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813988/dac33e54d.pdf
    • http://files.onstagesac.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775977/200a4456b.pdf
    • http://files.badtasteco.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874248/tubixifoxisobof-repofudupu-xafigeneni.pdf
    • https://fuwedibet.file
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/0654/7352/files/paxavofepediwugiwam.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2974/2246/files/16184586642.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/9440/8352/files/88931624004.pdf
    • https://riluzujefi.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/lodedawonofokabojimifojas.pdf
    • https://fuwedibet.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/jetegelobuside.pdf
    • https://nikeruvebo.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/mogavoretu.pdf
    • https://jilijufupe.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/nuxapolisaga.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6397/5835/files/51470611581.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7853/3799/files/voripikazip.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0825/3344/files/lexefabevutiroduj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8705/3475/files/37739952632.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6545/9366/files/darogijiwosugatovajelego.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1687/0296/files/sekadizim.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7230/7875/files/91677818834.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7256/8996/files/gatesikija.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_off0000761c.bin
dab68ab7836906f09d2e4238ce5cfd15271a742b84f1f526363ef66274e4c661
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x761C 5548 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000088ee.bin
56071d5c0a884b0004a4f62acdc779225e1db17f80f370773c9d9ed4e1748616
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x88EE 10564 bytes