Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6c82d0d0e27cca1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.3 KB Created: 2020-08-14 15:57:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 75ae9373f9d719ba49c72ca8e61a34e8 SHA-1: e3d05f1620998186261d80aad63178798467eab7 SHA-256: c6c82d0d0e27cca1c2dfbb99628f46433d840501e4ef6aebe666afe445a63740
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, but also includes a critical redirector link to 'ttraff.cc'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to a resignation letter and the malicious URL, suggesting a social engineering lure. The presence of a visual download button heuristic further supports the malicious intent of directing users to external, potentially harmful, content.

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.cc/pify?keyword=director+resignation+letter+template+south+africa
    • http://zutuni.brooklifestudents.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407995/9615859.pdf
    • http://losasaz.hda.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131381135/wavireworaremefej.pdf
    • http://files.tylerhayden.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814192/a2a60.pdf
    • http://files.eventsmithphotobooths.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969036/luzulapemu.pdf
    • http://files.noiinsw.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132683088/ximitazugavobom.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9073/0398/files/65530182071.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3012/6496/files/28313649924.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/bizisumexu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9212/4572/files/kizevagez.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7170/9079/files/xalonubekusumurimataxesef.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/8621/6344/files/15632210789.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1940/2405/files/27353453763.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5276/9192/files/tezesudajowuxaxo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9912/7959/files/mindfulness_meditation_benefits.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/5090/7286/files/biwemukodifuzeso.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/5650/5756/files/18823418873.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/7173/1880/files/baixar_no_iphone.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9078/8000/files/42923239977.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_off0000671a.bin
69cfdbc200d8a59ca9489e3255b946e5fa5662d1832dccd7a65546f333b45bda
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x671A 5428 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000796d.bin
31a4cd7568448b7f797ad508b5b80ca5681fb3a37e4d4894768b5fed216bc684
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x796D 10096 bytes