Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfffccc9b2df91aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.2 KB Created: 2020-08-09 13:19:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 669ba72651ce1164193d8d1246a91786 SHA-1: 6cd878cd949f3cfbb17e3211c3df7c020b4565d6 SHA-256: cfffccc9b2df91aab32c335c26499158f476104ae72ec56110dc9aacf424fecc
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, with a critical heuristic firing indicating a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the URL 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=authoritative+parenting+styles+pdf', which is flagged as a malicious redirector. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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=authoritative+parenting+styles+pdf
    • http://files.lightproofmedia.net/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969057/7394716.pdf
    • http://files.stitchedwithcare.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383624/dowumi-wefudazebukop-wivavin-tajewowe.pdf
    • http://bujufirur.hartwoodnorthfarm.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695569/c173d.pdf
    • http://zukuv.awatmensfellowship.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776445/wagubo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6917/8017/files/aquella_orilla_nuestra_elvira_sastre.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/notadenagefajofakiwu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/1584/5541/files/66691095413.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7173/3917/files/54711611013.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6997/2392/files/79447572344.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8167/8494/files/kibivujuvepofab.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3631/9639/files/star_interview_preparation.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8407/8503/files/estado_vegetativo_definicion.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2729/1542/files/kokasages.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/7298/6015/files/dozawoxatexopiroza.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_off00006d84.bin
27136faedcd52d2257abcdf1414da9e44d687f634af47b68567c3788c445dc77
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D84 5452 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008017.bin
dc0222060afbee43734bb903195a98dd6a3b2dc60903e3bb813d32e584e7b376
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8017 10484 bytes