Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce111e414f7f468d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.5 KB Created: 2020-08-01 05:17:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 3ea7308a88492a467f1a6be413967b57 SHA-1: 773fbca639f5d2d291a484307368eab0d19b2de9 SHA-256: ce111e414f7f468dffcc3e849063f0f180253725a337cd51dcf01b5889e3cb2e
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=kanye+west+freshmen+adjustment+songs'. This link is presented within the document body, disguised with a topical keyword, likely to entice users to click. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded links to other PDFs, many hosted on Shopify. The primary intent appears to be driving traffic to the malicious redirector.

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=kanye+west+freshmen+adjustment+songs
    • http://files.fairamountfoodforest.org/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164048/muvigiputugim.pdf
    • http://files.hcaphoenix.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398250/mopuzelujol.pdf
    • http://files.thesportpsych.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132302759/ce826f52.pdf
    • http://files.greatlakesrodeo.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813079/muxuj_futijagopidabar_zanawaxukarak_fijon.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5122/0134/files/metezonedazopure.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/9801/1816/files/jesit.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7995/7669/files/zogerupiwokubo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9235/2928/files/32924131820.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/6290/0374/files/botilafug.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6464/7077/files/safawurixig.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/7596/6878/files/semijad.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7386/3842/files/xexilum.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2201/4885/files/nawibagulopisezewifuwop.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3374/7878/files/77776738641.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4136/6951/files/befugugabidubinevatek.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5680/8607/files/fobafimepukotodupapif.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/7194/7430/files/dotexesakesapifigakog.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_off000066ca.bin
a85cfce2c6abe430ca8e54ed34197ed717e925939a88595cfaeb378160be8e60
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x66CA 5528 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000798d.bin
1d693216aae19f7a058854127c8af3f68e00263385cf1565586e28dbc5d9bad9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x798D 10456 bytes