Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdc62be499caf178…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.6 KB Created: 2020-08-26 00:47:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8aa968dd65e9c953cd05bc3a6cee4809 SHA-1: baeb72440fae90b5fa1cba56ba97ee761d8b10ab SHA-256: cdc62be499caf17826dfaf22b1447063347924292ef0e742aeb374a421a1f4f0
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to a link farm hosted on Shopify. One of the primary links directs to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.cc, which is likely used to obscure the final destination of the attack. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to a 'worksheet' and the malicious URL, suggesting a lure for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings strongly indicate malicious redirection and link farming behavior.

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=comparing+speeches+worksheet
    • http://files.masterclassbudapest.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398259/delirobufukoxis-rudovizikelex-nulomigeforudid-kulapenefeba.pdf
    • http://files.xanderhouff.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681559/xifegokoroga.pdf
    • http://guxatu.thehandsprogram.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738748/gobinut.pdf
    • http://kagoj.artscollective.co.nz/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606271/barogazuxisaxivoze.pdf
    • http://jilis.rebeccasheraton.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131069934/gozojulugibawusasig.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9610/4348/files/gudomonepekubakapijoti.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4605/1744/files/71135851273.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8631/5684/files/concepto_de_calidad_segun_autores.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5280/1943/files/91610085653.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5093/3156/files/cetosis_en_vacas.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/4488/5912/files/annual_return_form_iii_rule-_21_4a.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/7591/0294/files/144323245.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7664/9121/files/define_mandatory_reporting_care.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9340/2534/files/fevizugopiwirufuxolepuf.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0936/7461/files/the_bogleheads_guide_to_retirement_planning.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8578/3447/files/natezeduba.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6395/7909/files/35852592206.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0461/6676/9827/files/itinerary_template_for_travel_agents.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_off000076a4.bin
64926b2cb8e31326c9541f6450c0913365aefd7d1929836535b0d1e729108c87
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x76A4 5376 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000088d5.bin
f00ae358f93f347ae4e783e361034fb84c53b7fce31f8c4963cd57e419cb4bc9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x88D5 10664 bytes