Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca4802ee7bdfa602…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.1 KB Created: 2020-08-15 01:13:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4b15df7b35630b727c9fed2a20411069 SHA-1: e750f48bde87bef143cff6b00ca06c02f881876f SHA-256: ca4802ee7bdfa602d77c537e41a66f8e6bd425c3376c61ffeb1b9295cf506665
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded links, with one critical heuristic identifying a link to known malicious redirector infrastructure. Another heuristic indicates a PDF link farm, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute content. The document body, though heavily corrupted, contains the URL 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=monthly+outgoings+spreadsheet+uk', which is flagged as malicious. The presence of a download button lure and a callback lure further supports a malicious intent, likely to lead the user to a compromised site or initiate a phishing campaign.

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns
  • 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.ru/pify?keyword=monthly+outgoings+spreadsheet+uk
    • http://files.hareandtortoiserunwalk.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131454352/sufatenuwutuz.pdf
    • http://files.clintlovell.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438137/5615605.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6911/1448/files/kidney_function_lab_report.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1056/4002/files/afspa_1958.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/zurutadodusabexefiba.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4136/6951/files/1156695889.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/1872/2216/files/aditya_hrudayam_telugu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/1102/9667/files/houghton_mifflin_math_grade_3_worksheets.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/0093/9164/files/c_assignment_operator_overload.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6572/9429/files/bikini_body_guide_training.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5354/7677/files/xanumajusejupojigif.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/31052941417.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00006081.bin
0f350f48b24b81442e3816d5a58e646560e2eaef495aa9721be395aec57aab52
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6081 5272 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007275.bin
54c8ccb4ab55b53e6d1738a97c67dc939a21ca214919ed0571b03ad73868652c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7275 10356 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000095c9.bin
1062cd8ddf90f4344fa193b395386d5669df1a952e5759311ca261a71931f361
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x95C9 4324 bytes