Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b41be575059e0487…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.8 KB Created: 2020-08-02 13:58:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 16419b77aa85e5f8fd2b84616d338ab7 SHA-1: 1363200216dace73177c5451a082ceef6477ebee SHA-256: b41be575059e048745eb4042afd128b0277f41855a0de87e67946ff7acd3167a
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple embedded links, a common technique for SEO poisoning and redirecting users to malicious sites. One critical heuristic identified a link to known malicious redirector infrastructure at 'https://ttraff.ru/wb?keyword=alcohols%20phenols%20and%20ethers%20pdf%20ncert'. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to entice users to click the malicious link. While many links point to benign Shopify domains, the presence of the malicious redirector is a high-confidence indicator of malicious intent.

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.ru/wb?keyword=alcohols%20phenols%20and%20ethers%20pdf%20ncert
    • http://files.purtonyouth.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873851/6975023.pdf
    • http://files.livingheartyoga.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814339/3d427a90ff8.pdf
    • http://files.eefkeduin.nl/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969705/pagevujowave.pdf
    • http://files.bluebirdtweetsstudio.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379343/e0f3e471.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1645/4305/files/66284977488.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2953/6676/files/2772752146.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5770/8193/files/pewarizoresawiw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/26443777516.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1550/4029/files/63716715280.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0525/5577/files/80976588627.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8110/4541/files/lapalozufiki.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1642/1529/files/43808538346.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5100/7638/files/fotonirun.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9610/4348/files/97548081223.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2933/1100/files/1414524925.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9386/8187/files/fusug.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6576/1176/files/vasibuwatexariz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4181/4693/files/just_like_animal_lyrics.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_off00007918.bin
5f7bb87c9fc9db3b009c5d22de9795d32624ab7b209b9b9bd34221a8a98623c2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7918 5232 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008add.bin
ff175edbc8b968bdab02a5a8a3950179e362d08e62753a5e02f7aea8bd8898a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8ADD 10388 bytes