Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c602c3155705f5e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.5 KB Created: 2020-08-12 20:57:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: d6fdbffdd5473366f8acd27205b749bb SHA-1: df11357d2cf80b996d5676b6c417ebe69763d326 SHA-256: c602c3155705f5e0835c3be334e0d9eb1f01f32806da8944d66b2d51c92d317d
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link that redirects to a known malicious domain, ttraff.com, disguised with a search query for 'apc smart ups rt 3000 manual pdf'. This indicates a phishing or social engineering attempt to lure users to a malicious site. The PDF also contains a large number of external links, many hosted on Shopify, suggesting a link farm for SEO manipulation or to obscure the final malicious destination.

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=apc+smart+ups+rt+3000+manual+pdf
    • http://files.farnhamfringefestival.org/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871992/fawaluj.pdf
    • http://jifat.kanzikiberafriends.org/uploads/1/3/1/6/131636648/dobeliba.pdf
    • http://files.chrisbracebuilders.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776484/dafidut_wolisuwesum.pdf
    • http://files.zenofchemistry.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740217/f8533c16b9978e.pdf
    • http://files.colorfulstrokesca.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695258/397d59fd546ed.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7198/0198/files/knapsack_dynamic_programming.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4251/2802/files/xafekumu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/1910/6466/files/newivadinozelawexop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1470/9670/files/36841081348.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7006/2754/files/27958141251.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2661/1357/files/robexawenekiramulumijupa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9410/5509/files/buttermere_circular_walk.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5843/8039/files/34313976017.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1970/6269/files/bulazomatadalaxini.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0660/7012/files/sanojukadifamotowowebag.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8828/1761/files/74753723697.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3237/8517/files/55719599774.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0630/4153/files/anselm_grun_books.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7006/2754/files/c_language_programming_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9641/6161/files/fezanodiwu.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/1/0430/7006/2754/files/c_language_programming_downl

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00006c40.bin
b321c21165d38c64f4813a74c1a08768b87ab2f3ee95ac2ca11bd98c6aed31d7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C40 5596 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007f27.bin
cdfc551f267f9fd12fe4f68ce5f54452723a58bb4bbe018a8d7105968dd083e2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7F27 16096 bytes