Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfb268c0489ea55f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.4 KB Created: 2020-08-29 19:53:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: e6e1fcc85cb2422e1c3606e16529875b SHA-1: ff492179c191e4407d0f3df90eb941a67eb72ca9 SHA-256: bfb268c0489ea55f06c0b112bca54f2a83040d80ae30873af9df72eacea6db4c
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a prominent link to 'ttraff.me', identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, includes text related to 'mission impossible ghost protocol in hindi download', suggesting a lure to trick users into clicking the malicious link. The presence of numerous links to Shopify-hosted PDFs, while many are benign, indicates a potential link farm or SEO manipulation tactic to increase visibility of the malicious redirector. The primary intent appears to be redirecting users to a malicious site.

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.me/wix?keyword=mission+impossible+ghost+protocol+in+hindi+download
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5262/2231/files/gugulobemejaxosubuwu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/4586/2041/files/inter_botany_textbook.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/7711/3758/files/carmelray_industrial_park_1_sticker_application_form.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5207/2089/files/13722667623.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8110/4541/files/fortnite_news_report.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2977/3981/files/82919474009.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9336/8725/files/zirasovatokazad.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3798/2869/files/24903691796.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0671/3253/files/smart_action_plan_template.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6769/5511/files/albert_camus_les_justes_gratuit.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0459/6944/0928/files/platform_bed_with_headboard_twin.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_9e3b4622226e425fbc95cc7d4cf7127b.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_fb3f081d440445e785ead5b9b7aed636.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_2dc492b0b03549709b0c968f3d0f165c.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_1bc0d0d172014da7ab1951e5b53d763d.pdf
    • https://static.usrfiles.com/ugd/b8c837_12985fe92d964c679b808b2fc07d15e6.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off0000c758.bin
d12182a6dfc1d8aec9641b4329ffe8ce844d5646088f21d33eb8707c7025ce94
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xC758 16972 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off00008699.bin
4aba2bb845853324476be69e5ed1bf4ff35002942389efac2b843cac1129f0e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8699 2828 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009094.bin
b63d37ed7b2cb0ddb2e5c9ebff1059bec31babe1e2b884c5bad1a957f01f63b3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9094 5724 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000a3e9.bin
ff3fe7234f00117e7142c61155e3a31e88924a79262f1e8f5336b27352810638
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA3E9 10356 bytes