Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b095075d75acbb33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.4 KB Created: 2020-08-18 13:22:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 14a5bfaefbff316225e965b1d529e677 SHA-1: 004089042bd06a092e74881476611acac54b2029 SHA-256: b095075d75acbb339ad7ffd553e1ab8a37bdde16a496efb31585f3ab56056526
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to external PDF files hosted on Shopify. One of the primary links redirects to a malicious URL (ttraff.cc) which is likely used to host further malicious content or phishing pages. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text suggesting urgency and a fake report form, aligning with social engineering tactics. The presence of a malicious redirector and a link farm indicates a campaign to distribute malware or phish users.

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=maritime+accident+report+form
    • http://mipatugiv.desertbeagle.com.au/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740718/b9179d8bc0f.pdf
    • http://gijefera.umbciv.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132741593/bipunufojojividan.pdf
    • http://files.newlandfilms.co.uk/uploads/1/3/1/4/131483002/8372247.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3416/4893/files/12737358875.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0426/2561/files/zemazovosawo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2358/9788/files/beginning_english_for_somali_speakers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3160/8989/files/dagifawigisemel.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6287/6565/files/girinilemaleposazaselu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/1698/5503/files/ascii_table_extended.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7910/6724/files/38655285514.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0083/9841/files/57488357370.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/0655/6320/files/lefarabirax.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4102/9276/files/98258324704.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_off0000591e.bin
8903e8e0ad343f32d89e6ff43802926d497268370948a9a11fb4bb8e7cb495bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x591E 5096 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00006a5c.bin
c7380022bf518fec226595d19980d1e2fd2d0bc690b9f261294f9a9ce376f781
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A5C 10188 bytes