Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d103c8de53a01dc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.7 KB Created: 2020-08-18 13:22:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: c1f27842d7ce2aa06f233c6ee2f0b0d7 SHA-1: f1207909bfab8e83d06a178ce1d8569ab32f1876 SHA-256: d103c8de53a01dc6752a748a5cb921932278bbc39a9cca0089cdebd102c50aac
128 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, pointing to 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=ms+word+course+outline+template'. This URL is presented within the document body, disguised as a course outline template, and likely serves as a lure to redirect users to malicious infrastructure. The presence of numerous other PDF links, many hosted on Shopify, suggests a link farm or SEO poisoning attempt to obscure the malicious destination. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be social engineering via a deceptive link.

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.
  • 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=ms+word+course+outline+template
    • http://vuloror.cornerstonechurchofalpena.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775403/tukinevazalodize.pdf
    • http://zazeted.larryssportsexchange.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131482995/xovulazosax-rogimiwopod.pdf
    • http://romafem.fvba.us/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379211/pevediresa_babosudesu_wolago.pdf
    • http://gikaviki.authorjtwilliams.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969744/63e7e8.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8184/2341/files/apology_letter_template_to_patient.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6221/4304/files/vice_versa_synonym.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8298/1281/files/raladib.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8094/9658/files/tunavukote.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5467/7662/files/wow_sports_live_apk_for_pc.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7047/9768/files/26916192120.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/1112/6942/files/quantitative_aptitude_questions_and_answers_with_explanation_for_ibps.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/bixebor.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8237/5577/files/54163166400.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6982/3383/files/boragedazuxegesimuxe.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_off00005008.bin
9e8775b83e03c8cef509291d799a2d1d86de892afc892276c18cbec79e0c15cb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5008 5200 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000061a8.bin
ae9e2c355e36ed7e5a9cac20c192bf01ab5f2fd30b4906f8f3d57403ff7ef6fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61A8 10024 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000083e6.bin
1062cd8ddf90f4344fa193b395386d5669df1a952e5759311ca261a71931f361
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x83E6 4324 bytes