Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9c03fad7ca05e42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.4 KB Created: 2020-08-17 16:25:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 95f1cb3dd7780f8e5933781046ff47f6 SHA-1: 33dc9d2d4c540fba434b8c815d3abaf8c2fd656b SHA-256: c9c03fad7ca05e42632db4a4879b2368e558e35776a8220ce099e30327b3990c
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to `https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=asymmetric+information+game+theory+examples`. This indicates the document's primary purpose is to trick users into visiting a malicious URL. The PDF also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded links, many of which point to Shopify domains, likely for SEO manipulation to increase visibility. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its content beyond the embedded URL.

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.cc/pify?keyword=asymmetric+information+game+theory+examples
    • http://dotef.aragstudio.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969356/tiwozasamulenaloxor.pdf
    • http://files.alanbirtwistle.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383664/werox_xapedewero_bemidituziv_zurer.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5038/5051/files/23735910190.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4829/6857/files/77510744456.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/3331/8808/files/chamberlain_garage_door_opener_manual_model_953estd.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/4416/5016/files/buku_akuntansi_biaya_supriyono.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9758/7861/files/hey_jude_piano_cover_sheet_music.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9825/1165/files/66133513741.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/1051/2280/files/die_casting_machine_specifications.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/7182/2229/files/sapuzesorobizazazosopafu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3423/7333/files/vegesusojamufofawuxarobu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/9799/4904/files/amazing_grace_chris_tomlin_piano.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2641/4748/files/acetic_acid_msds.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/5542/4423/files/hunter_programable_thermostats.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/2679/0053/files/dipopis.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9476/0862/files/tuturulunuraxegaxal.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_off00017839.bin
2c1d6e41af068fc1c24407c1fc0e9cc544649487af726da17cd86be9747c6bcd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17839 5588 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00018b1b.bin
c76fd094da35ae8565b111b31313153e0c8cde4687fdd4611eecd78516d2a3ec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B1B 15876 bytes