Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d20a9e7f48137ea3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.5 KB Created: 2020-07-30 09:45:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: db7c7eac7149a4b1df200db2f63bb089 SHA-1: 945f9b8a5ce6cde643903bf1e9148c38a355bfdf SHA-256: d20a9e7f48137ea3918f5f594c2723e797524724e808486f9d5f4ea0d83232fb
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link pointing to 'ttraff.com'. Additionally, it exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs, including one hosted on 'cdn.shopify.com'. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or a scam. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of direct payload execution.

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.com/pify?keyword=english+test+present+simple+pdf
    • http://files.metrolifesafety.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695392/d2c1c6f3ddd30b.pdf
    • http://files.sabiland.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131378990/simovafuvaxadi.pdf
    • http://files.rowseyforthehouse.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969999/vagotavuretukuduj.pdf
    • http://files.rowseyforthehouse.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969999/vagotavuretukudu
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9363/8811/files/bivunarogapezogazuwure.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0378/8960/files/34727065144.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/1064/4377/files/95733361209.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/0054/2878/files/23920941024.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8154/7428/files/tuzapidoked.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1322/6143/files/88739163642.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8089/9991/files/71190481260.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/7580/6119/files/zopunesinowazawe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/6176/2456/files/rukajolakeboxekuzavono.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8413/6086/files/44091937652.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6839/1591/files/19322409303.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/0313/4627/files/zifam.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7753/2822/files/vesojezutazupusorisuran.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_off00005745.bin
21b699926eb607c1059e6348cdf597ee311a7d90f23fdce345cd2e96391e57d6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5745 4880 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000067a5.bin
eaa118c033a9570a2f3176db839a0b1072773d13c0c1ea6537546127521f3cac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x67A5 9704 bytes