Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b493ff3ffb9fcea0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.3 KB Created: 2020-09-01 03:02:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 7053dfcdef6e881a8fe23f078a66b1d9 SHA-1: 3823fb81f7a1e984ea489c66e36b0ea07b463b94 SHA-256: b493ff3ffb9fcea0ac31a2ef4fe3e3a9c97ab144a7b0919893660dcd1b22ad16
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious Link T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains a malicious redirector link to 'ttraff.ru' which is disguised as a download page for 'Ammyy admin 3.5 for windows 8'. This aligns with the 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' heuristic, indicating a social engineering tactic to trick users into installing potentially unwanted or malicious software. The PDF also hosts a link farm, a common SEO poisoning technique to improve search engine ranking for malicious content.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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/wix?keyword=ammyy+admin+3.+5++for+windows+8
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/15cd4d_6f12f99ff48e4a1c9f7d7d2ce735dafc.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/5fd5c1_b9d907fa0b944f14bce86672cbadd42c.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_da29784fddc941709d1303eb22aad9c3.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_13c88426f0d94e63b2eba14d524863fe.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_5dc92c6212214c899a1e276f0a8fa8fb.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9691/4600/files/16005768866.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1241/3847/files/cyclodextrin_ppt_free.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/sitadekekogog.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_72f08b0b5978418bb6b94506e83aa213.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/dcfb95_6802e4e701ca4159b4b8bc7e365e7a28.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_faf09e797d1f4b0fb87d35e76c5b673f.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b6bf5b_24d2358cf47f490b92ca04c2d6e8498c.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/edb4a7_c24094e8d7ac452db6c50aa275e2430f.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/6443/5612/files/kopowawib.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0461/4337/3480/files/architecture_books_free.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3877/7249/files/iia_cia_cpe_reporting.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_off00005289.bin
770fbaf7ced037986d30c42803f9c34a467864f895a7330697ae7bcdf4d33870
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5289 5720 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000660c.bin
1240d778ffcc96367914aa2cac387fe89f9d1e2c44dbd8ef0422d3d915760d68
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x660C 10100 bytes