Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9952ba8b15efd69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.4 KB Created: 2020-08-25 08:52:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 3d8ba4bbf3aafc56965ae919d45ee36a SHA-1: 0a4832093816d88727ccedda0a21d10c5e6ba20a SHA-256: c9952ba8b15efd697b38dd5639b1b186acab9a5bcf2360e55863bf4feabf698c
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, with a critical heuristic identifying a link to a known malicious redirector. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to an academic worksheet and the malicious URL, suggesting a lure. The primary malicious URL is https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=central+tendency+and+dispersion+worksheet, which is likely used to redirect the user to a harmful destination. The presence of a large number of external PDF links also indicates a link farm, a common tactic for SEO poisoning or distributing malicious content.

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.com/pify?keyword=central+tendency+and+dispersion+worksheet
    • http://files.gamecourts.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398224/xojabexumamepi.pdf
    • http://files.smartspraytan.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776141/180198.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1278/4277/files/kasozudawelurovipifogugim.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2925/8649/files/download_buku_siswa_agama_islam_kelas_12_kurikulum_2020.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/9289/2053/files/jezawoxotop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0601/7186/files/bomumugunepapu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8240/7335/files/10583051081.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5628/3296/files/java_swing_application.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0515/7284/files/foketivopoxenosarulufero.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6095/2229/files/62058924553.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1739/5611/files/fun_guided_reading_activities_ks2.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6587/6379/files/theories_of_language_acquisition.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0457/3013/6230/files/levekafoloxilutiziw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3041/2450/files/35257164462.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8085/2383/files/ez_go_workhorse.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_off00004a12.bin
b36e47ff9abf95fb0da0c2c13be144c00bef04552cc83450c3f3e1e7c94fe393
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4A12 5324 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00005c35.bin
ab13db8c51bc4a4b2b533b127340d321116da3e4745f7b2ed2167b816cbf801a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5C35 8392 bytes