Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf2f06cad545e5c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.5 KB Created: 2020-08-19 08:54:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 08f29f57dce7d316452fd12464b4618b SHA-1: 2978dcf9ca8001af9cdf6b16d4ceb0da32fd314b SHA-256: bf2f06cad545e5c04e1df11d68b9e95cf891d259ad3fb4d66f90cd5166299c10
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link pointing to 'ttraff.ru'. This URL is presented as a download for an 'excel calculation sheet template', a common lure. The document also exhibits a PDF link farm heuristic, indicating a large number of external links, many of which are hosted on Shopify but some point to potentially malicious domains. The presence of a visual download button further supports the social engineering aspect of this attack. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be a malicious redirector disguised as a document template.

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/pify?keyword=excel+calculation+sheet+template
    • http://wuviras.wineauxs.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/132815002/5798e7922.pdf
    • http://jazelagi.sandlotwesterville.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606539/bajosulopovop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7237/3411/files/gastroenteritis_aguda_en_nios_2020.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9168/1699/files/text_emoji_faces.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5008/2202/files/laxojibiwuj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/5397/9550/files/87646672729.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5008/2202/files/38410446431.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/6498/1664/files/86377885246.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6914/5241/files/56314642908.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3164/1767/files/merriam_webster_s_collegiate_dictionary_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/1411/1903/files/vujimosapomowubepuku.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8706/0378/files/affirmative_form_of_have_got.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00005ff5.bin
ba35b79563cf5d9e88db2c5c23671d64003840626e5d808beb6189ccdcf3fd8c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5FF5 5104 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007128.bin
d1d04f85c14db498eccc496e5e695f82bdace49c1790410e74a49f18d6e6b6dd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7128 13144 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00009b66.bin
bf8f9ece8d9d74ce2d7a98a07ee1bb8f4056faf702b3b1702118181e85f1b939
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9B66 16312 bytes