Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c12728064f17c5e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.7 KB Created: 2020-08-14 09:11:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 908f03d9a515e0203af42c5b75f7fb58 SHA-1: 803c3dafe70d569a099c3c56a3dbccaf1f1eb795 SHA-256: c12728064f17c5e3fc76e7e48c8c4be2ea8b9280d3e52c9021efb604456fedbb
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, with a critical heuristic identifying it as a malicious redirector link farm. The primary redirector URL is `https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=html+template+golang+example`, which is likely used to funnel victims to malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains this URL and other links to Shopify-hosted PDFs, suggesting a lure to download further malicious content or visit compromised sites.

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.cc/pify?keyword=html+template+golang+example
    • http://files.undergraduatebusinesscouncil.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606006/sosamasegan-fulupudiz-ladesodibatim-dipuxapafo.pdf
    • http://wagapew.catmintcottagestreetcatrescue.com.au/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303382/4431803.pdf
    • http://bovunu.redrocksins.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695832/8569761.pdf
    • http://files.smsyates.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131454317/guwuvulevixe-fenajir.pdf
    • http://delezo.cliffjacobsonmft.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776644/nefakop-mewajejeda-nuzuretugin.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2857/8467/files/javascript_project_ideas.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3957/1611/files/zagefiwukeso.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3850/6146/files/adobe_after_effects_tutorial_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/1789/4050/files/78013262646.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9471/2228/files/89821893159.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8568/4124/files/offensive_security_certified_professional.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9454/0439/files/asco_catalog.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9415/4146/files/34762042289.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5856/9128/files/state_machine_in_c.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7677/2250/files/nirajelimosoke.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3915/2535/files/zotipumemixiwoxufadabiva.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8131/0114/files/loweze.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_off000071c3.bin
1ce62c2f5436430cc96dddc97ebf2ff1cc78f4de09f4fd339734e8e8bd66ef05
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x71C3 4896 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008256.bin
4426124c16fb0b9a8b6dab2aaf3170cee83f0abc124e1fd72d555189fc1449dc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8256 11760 bytes