Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7da08aa3a3da8a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.4 KB Created: 2020-07-28 00:57:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 68dddc47f672a5fa9d021cb69bccd4e9 SHA-1: e421d0b011567d38d18eb2daa5b27fa8854db3e1 SHA-256: c7da08aa3a3da8a343960e61fb6ae98c4efc3fe3e44674fe159b14b9858aa612
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a malicious redirector link disguised as a download button, aiming to trick users into clicking it. The link leads to 'ttraff.cc', which is known malicious infrastructure. Additionally, the PDF hosts a large number of external links, many pointing to Shopify domains, suggesting a link farm for SEO manipulation or to obscure the final malicious destination. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of the payload.

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=convert+epub+to+kindle+paperwhite+format
    • http://files.sealsnetball.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379948/pedebine_biwakilebuvef_wodegi.pdf
    • http://files.reveil-corporel.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131483138/6784639.pdf
    • http://files.lamaskungfu.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164132/7a6a8a.pdf
    • http://files.scottishstevennyc.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969553/81012b94fff29.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3858/8584/files/losezevux.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8148/2919/files/33182799375.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/3537/6281/files/mibivetul.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7247/1718/files/47162240602.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6945/7063/files/zelusexotewu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8658/5749/files/fevavelepalolekoripe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5900/4070/files/21367988989.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2897/1674/files/96470685873.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5791/3754/files/20823523761.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4705/0661/files/beromagamuzotezori.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8549/6482/files/kigipujoroxezuzeluwi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2507/2282/files/zinunesu.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/1/0428/7247/1718/files/47162

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000852e.bin
80bd7a1045672459ff47327e019e040d8d82ee8d5724a0109c8856e037bb0d1a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x852E 5364 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009754.bin
a2c1c06b14d9a3c18c67bcf97382cc487a6e6b1e905b754bb48e1a0bfbae68a3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9754 10760 bytes