Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d08ea98afafba1d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.7 KB Created: 2020-08-13 21:52:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: b836ee4026f848bc1bb6c696c6fe443c SHA-1: 3d6d70f519a20267f20f2d60dc73276bc0c0dd08 SHA-256: d08ea98afafba1d6c952c57d0a6ef7e93417234fc257fac0503131608f7095ef
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a heuristic indicating it's a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to a lure for 'whatsapp business app for laptop'. This link redirects to 'ttraff.ru', which is flagged as malicious. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same URL. The presence of numerous PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content, likely a social engineering scam.

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.
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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=whatsapp+business+app++for+laptop
    • http://files.africanpromiseexp.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131407135/deramidokuk-pifomekutuzup-fipavisotizawol-tovowepedoru.pdf
    • http://files.bfacedbeauty.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681352/a9ff8f5f767.pdf
    • http://xefijuzow.sdoster.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606289/segir_jugegi_kuluwukabezoto_zodajixa.pdf
    • http://files.squarelakeassociation.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682913/morerokiv.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8510/3258/files/wolod.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9203/4211/files/80794464005.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/3549/0461/files/nagivusedejiposawosu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9802/1793/files/brayton_cycle_example_problems.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8400/5032/files/88357004759.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2750/4024/files/25932014880.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/2857/6416/files/roxekupofudimatamidi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6245/1611/files/bhagwat_puran_sanskrit.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6366/5055/files/2953486643.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3738/5123/files/21615050533.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1634/8057/files/62947657888.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0485/3406/files/nuwaboloxokenuripekozuvow.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_off00006b0a.bin
02003d0f06ece71a613f61aa82ebd70ea11c700849173ce5d28a1104766cd01a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B0A 5144 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007c86.bin
c0d267b106ac9dbca93217961b5f2c73197b55c0b6db056f8bcd4207ad157e4d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7C86 11108 bytes