Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5ad00c3f45f49d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.1 KB Created: 2020-08-16 17:51:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 80aec308c6816cd55a80debf611a9b8d SHA-1: 375067cfb5f734e0c8d8fade8bdddabd9de1fd79 SHA-256: d5ad00c3f45f49d75893f79c15763542fc740967913ccad55850dc5b7837f34c
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to 'ttraff.cc'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to a 'petty cash replenishment report sample' and includes the malicious URL. Another critical heuristic indicates a PDF link farm, with the primary URL being a benign Shopify link, but the overall structure suggests a deceptive practice. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure. The primary malicious IOC is the redirector URL, which likely leads to further malicious content.

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.cc/pify?keyword=petty+cash+replenishment+report+sample
    • http://files.blakestampergolf.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132710797/zujazufexem.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/4730/2806/files/sexisapotim.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1241/5897/files/learn_english_notes.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3227/3319/files/88120652536.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3248/5793/files/pumaresidupizosovemimu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8121/1810/files/6353863166.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/8828/9694/files/lawodul.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0360/8231/files/cimbali_m29_selectron_manual.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7595/3049/files/tuzavipakenu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5698/8317/files/54338094613.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/8855/7718/files/domain_driven_design_eric_evans_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6219/7400/files/42461079707.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_off00005f8b.bin
2fb9727af8d27f608166a5b73debc4c566299885a1f5b49f1fdb04f259eba8a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5F8B 5276 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007148.bin
f6f0368fd06b130d71d93925a5f7b5b08bf71b2f4378b460fb05c833c32f8a95
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7148 10016 bytes