Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b87bc0da807e7117…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.8 KB Created: 2020-08-08 19:22:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: b3857c941e16f823792a37990ae92653 SHA-1: ce61147a098025b6e6e03fbdefb19f4a123ed447 SHA-256: b87bc0da807e7117be5df1d46ca3ed7a60f50b894fe72202ff2e8299c0be4595
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious redirection and a link farm, with a prominent link pointing to `https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=ajahn+brahm+books+pdf`. This URL is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains this URL and references to book downloads, suggesting a lure to a phishing or malware distribution site. The presence of numerous external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, further supports the link farm heuristic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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=ajahn+brahm+books+pdf
    • http://files.childrenandthechurchpublishing.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814669/foluka-fulovodibu-zamemenojesag-misuzupasod.pdf
    • http://files.devitawellnessnow.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740357/5241551.pdf
    • http://files.racheleveholmes.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856664/wipunizibozikof-buderopegelo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2853/6731/files/vokize.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9095/9766/files/merger_and_acquisition_examples.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9890/6528/files/tuwebenibavaraz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/2953/4632/files/75504443584.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0450/6189/8390/files/tom_apostol_calculus_vol_1_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3815/4650/files/73456213066.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4647/8759/files/sewezuzovubugapudasigune.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/79265304831.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4988/5606/files/butajebalimekofamowuzineg.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6678/5949/files/zevukagosozufidodoj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3811/3955/files/95699007250.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6314/8706/files/11036720893.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_off000083f0.bin
b15fb6501621bbce76fe9033c48f8fe8b1b31ab98bb5247fefdb75d168bce886
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x83F0 5516 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009684.bin
0bbe7733778027d15c755727c06621166e9698cd848fc3e0d0891b2ec6be3bba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9684 10656 bytes