Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a85f73f6464dfe82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.1 KB Created: 2020-08-14 22:55:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: b786e9ee194188d3623cb52c85676346 SHA-1: 1572c2736f51d2cf6f5d43750cd6c209f25316b5 SHA-256: a85f73f6464dfe82a14d4982d920df99bd98d194762aff4452daec57e5fa0196
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a malicious redirector link that points to traff.cc, a known malicious domain. It also functions as a link farm, embedding numerous external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic suggests a social engineering lure to trick users into clicking the malicious link. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a phishing or redirection 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.cc/pify?keyword=beethoven+sonata+17+allegretto+sheet+music
    • http://files.strawberryflats.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406403/62a031a2a.pdf
    • http://files.harmonioushoos.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406885/kuwaboxu-kelesazubabixol-vaxewafesaviw-wisuzoludogobe.pdf
    • http://files.erinjeannewright.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437669/fibenulixu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7300/3935/files/62353621877.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/1669/8526/files/niwoxiwakowugen.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3761/3461/files/95814793957.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6539/3820/files/22035621090.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1451/9966/files/parental_attachment_theory.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0885/1098/files/devoxusenesipupos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/zutazalurofesavasa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8512/8099/files/xovipunelovadok.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/3332/7776/files/mosoliwisak.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7785/1549/files/atlas_geography_map.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/0182/9797/files/kizomax.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6522/1028/files/pitagadawifij.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6706/4991/files/beehive_class_9_chapter_3.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/4563/2665/files/super_bowl_live_stream_reddit.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_off000066f1.bin
cec68680301aa9421d1c3b04d017cf1a88e93e15540cc84762f274507df23146
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x66F1 5452 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007967.bin
283e19950c9f85b5ff6b2dbf9bec5ff97eb263bd937df9157b5087cd07b8319b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7967 9932 bytes