Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa97e9b9705bfa8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

318.1 KB Created: 2020-08-15 00:04:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 6b9dab635d87fdda5ac69d8e89b3b332 SHA-1: 4328b55a1f52a006309e62c925460580e7933ce8 SHA-256: aa97e9b9705bfa8df836ba173677d197fc1edd1355a495d80711f1712ff360af
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing indicating a malicious redirector link. The embedded URL, https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=european+society+of+cardiology+hypertension+guidelines+2013, is the primary indicator of malicious intent. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains this URL, suggesting it's the intended lure. No scripts were extracted, limiting further analysis of the payload.

Heuristics 2

  • 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.
  • 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=european+society+of+cardiology+hypertension+guidelines+2013
    • http://josifejol.luckyhensrescue.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132814930/lujamegomewuzi.pdf
    • http://sajij.amansbistro.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164243/ec148f08705.pdf
    • http://files.goldrushdispensary.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379832/bopekujefe.pdf
    • http://files.pittdanceensemble.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131409909/renisaf.pdf
    • http://files.salittlescholarstutoring.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606260/felevavefukub.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1230/8637/files/65478275823.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2442/4853/files/xekuzisebimadadiredagefa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/5710/9399/files/aluminothermic_process.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9438/5575/files/matuzibiwesi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8906/0259/files/zitejawubakut.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/0490/2051/files/how_to_host_a_server.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9300/7272/files/vobin.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2168/9254/files/tirav.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1021/2519/files/901986066.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/5107/1126/files/trx_abs_exercises.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6741/5457/files/lezoxizodexa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/5165/6102/files/kufemutawekadow.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7379/8306/files/xiwizurimafuvosiweruluxa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9526/8264/files/ecocardiograma_pediatrico.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_off00049fdb.bin
1586a3dc5172d5aa61a710b4de5822ad9d8e1c6f0bffc6432f6c90a9510323ab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x49FDB 5964 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0004b438.bin
d27e94b83c3c615d1b70da66a25e5b4cc102626ea4e8168b8eda4666220c7e44
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4B438 15980 bytes