Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca0c040878443ea9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.2 KB Created: 2020-08-03 17:49:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 1eeca78d9cc60a8b09d4be1577b2a0d8 SHA-1: 23a28972299131f6170d1e1c14d21b5af3c28bb1 SHA-256: ca0c040878443ea9c223a5872f745f55b1eded95fcc051fc255fda634473b8a4
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=canon+6d+mark+2+manual+pdf'. This indicates the document is designed to trick users into clicking a link that leads to malicious infrastructure. The presence of a large number of external PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, suggests a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic to improve search engine visibility for malicious content. The document body contains a call-to-action phrase, reinforcing the lure.

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=canon+6d+mark+2+manual+pdf
    • http://files.artizastone.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873791/kumevirokimoj-lasavojaxuzuvag.pdf
    • http://files.camera1.ca/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380413/pizixejawij.pdf
    • http://files.tchancellor.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398338/2907615.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4173/4307/files/10852330643.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8542/2997/files/moneme.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0127/3758/files/71999083138.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5034/4352/files/xulaxezov.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7747/6253/files/podutulakorebotem.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/78985131446.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/8039/8486/files/gaxurosuzewajoramedepaz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/rasamonuje.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9610/4341/files/wokaditazorulirabesewe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6481/1935/files/medifodivikexasigukuxi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4528/2214/files/pimajolamupokopa.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_off00007751.bin
03a690bbe69e013500c4c9aa5f07f1f61f49bb735253c35405800abbff3c31ea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7751 5264 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008925.bin
ed0c2c431f73f5ae58fd921ec3f3bac468d128c1b8d75e2c8eb3d79eb2271084
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8925 10200 bytes