Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5e45d3ac22606e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.7 KB Created: 2020-08-01 10:48:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 2943b691a4b0115912a14c1b61a5378a SHA-1: 7844015715e6109fb1bed0d3d9f3aec6a862fff6 SHA-256: c5e45d3ac22606e233a3b1bf6e4803394757bbcd90a9fac65685c04d798c7217
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1200 Hardware Addends T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a prominent link disguised as a 'Github cheat sheet' that redirects to a malicious URL (ttraff.com). This URL is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document also contains a large number of external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, which is indicative of a link farm used for SEO poisoning or to obscure the final malicious destination. The presence of a visual download button further supports a social engineering lure.

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.com/pify?keyword=github+cheat+sheet
    • http://files.penwoodbrands.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873758/949b9fa02274.pdf
    • http://files.wildthingyogaboutique.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453560/puvarupugo.pdf
    • http://files.kristinedizon.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739919/tutusupefav.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/6974/4028/files/72152798287.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6749/8911/files/dimupifufomenurimif.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7103/6835/files/buvevule.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/4160/2208/files/50001736466.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/9991/2344/files/xorizopetomuzoxi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0978/5499/files/javepadan.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7752/4888/files/7161216227.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0836/8545/files/it_s_always_sunny_season_11_torrent.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1567/5809/files/javarejixejenug.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1392/2206/files/xeditojevawasetuborifu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4143/2487/files/46233050647.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/rajijabobuzev.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2630/0577/files/65240925818.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_off000059ac.bin
5e1c38096c0d76620d362e41ae997260f9ffbf5cdb7e83f29e48f5546b188132
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x59AC 4928 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00006a74.bin
74a7beeaab97e39d419cd8fc89ba42fa56b6313223334bb86b1cc0ee191fc9d0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A74 10088 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00008d35.bin
b34e58827bf2d2bd8677f3ae58bddabc67e8b71553e5ac1c8f05e3fd347ddceb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8D35 17284 bytes