Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 baa955ede1ba9523…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.9 KB Created: 2020-08-07 09:54:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 5e9671bf79d419e63b05024857d8a765 SHA-1: a301742954aff59cf13217602d112fab4ce51ed1 SHA-256: baa955ede1ba9523528c4f8f09feb2b3e99650da867003cd4c12b92e7d90dccd
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a malicious redirector link, https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=exceptional+c+herb+sutter+pdf+download, which is designed to lure users to a malicious site. The document also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, embedding numerous external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify. The primary malicious link is the most critical IOC, as it is the initial point of compromise.

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.ru/pify?keyword=exceptional+c+herb+sutter+pdf+download
    • http://files.brazeldazzlestudioz.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681409/gatorukak.pdf
    • http://files.altruswap.com.au/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969298/9f35d2fc958.pdf
    • http://wunigiwo.usajjhq.org/uploads/1/3/2/3/132302978/puxexeka_tisovusevijobe_webavimikuzik_kefumokukof.pdf
    • http://files.ikeandlola.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132302924/685eb02c2eed1.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/395667921.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4041/6678/files/zozulasumef.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8932/1366/files/94192634104.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/jokixud.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7878/6965/files/tetizesiwa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2965/0843/files/24556163902.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/0699/9203/files/tenuzixaduk.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9301/5195/files/47766709229.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8317/7885/files/wisutiresadufunubowuboxi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4382/3517/files/xujezilapexe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4633/0791/files/30623451570.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4728/1062/files/7th_chords_piano.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/2076/0741/files/bvg_map.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/2957/6352/files/gobibivifewejewedovisale.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/
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/043

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000093d6.bin
5e8049e17bcbe658906b3527a5968a32c3776099bde561adef26406df522566b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x93D6 5500 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000a694.bin
13f31b3e69f8ac12f06e1380d1952b3457d24f2d00069939de66330c12f897b9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA694 10416 bytes