Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b72676cf6ae5ac5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.5 KB Created: 2020-08-03 01:43:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 94ba285083d156a16128a648eca62c0d SHA-1: 980a8b0c20278a4722b73467880f2a7edd871052 SHA-256: b72676cf6ae5ac5d08ed40e7401218ee3dbb227163f069a3f36577b15f8fabfc
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a malicious redirector link pointing to 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=winzip+free+download+full+version', which is designed to lure users into downloading potentially malicious software. The document also includes a large number of links to PDFs hosted on Shopify, likely for SEO manipulation to improve search engine ranking for malicious download lures. The presence of a 'password-protected archive handoff' heuristic suggests that the user is expected to download an archive and is provided with instructions to decrypt it, further indicating a malicious workflow.

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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.com/pify?keyword=winzip+free+download+full+version
    • http://files.rinfang.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131069906/4635989.pdf
    • http://files.stetheldredasistersandfamily.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407445/palamowevunomudita.pdf
    • http://files.deep-learning-site.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775623/7577765.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/7311/7086/files/21094630653.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0151/1064/files/muxuzej.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9477/8791/files/bebotixebuledufeb.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/9244/2277/files/tomidofakurifajino.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6587/6379/files/12890244439.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8226/1415/files/95249335938.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/19463184481.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4656/8098/files/59906074307.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6016/5797/files/vawuvetoganusawenivekoz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7180/7391/files/33066318900.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6935/7728/files/puzuvibofovaxebabid.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_off00006818.bin
5e5b2cc5bb9d4ab2c52ca76e8a43554383141933307ebc803088cc0e6fc128bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6818 5252 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007a2c.bin
611ba790d8ebb4fa590c1343a37c4143e4cb781c406a78f240bd61255f73b700
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7A2C 10352 bytes