Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8e3f9e627db6c56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.2 KB Created: 2020-08-07 00:55:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 5ced82fdf174ef706dda4320a6803087 SHA-1: 5120122d40a799837191054ac4023159e72e200d SHA-256: d8e3f9e627db6c5667151b8d440156d750d80ad61bc0d50341dc438b80c11cdf
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, with a critical heuristic identifying a malicious redirector at 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=examples+of+self+appraisal+comments+pdf'. This suggests a phishing or redirection attack, aiming to lead the user to malicious infrastructure. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same URL, reinforcing its role as a lure. The presence of multiple Shopify URLs indicates a link farm strategy.

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.ru/pify?keyword=examples+of+self+appraisal+comments+pdf
    • http://files.alicehjones.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681507/7517035.pdf
    • http://files.thibodauxdrivingschool.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856476/9073959.pdf
    • http://files.treeoflifehypnosis.net/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681212/dunefo.pdf
    • http://files.drbouck.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740196/7166d1cf63f.pdf
    • http://files.prakrutischool.in/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437807/63c44ffeef93e.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9775/9643/files/59917029843.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6113/2968/files/potovuzepalejajuguzurot.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/41841620016.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/4793/4359/files/sociology_journal.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6522/1028/files/64561946523.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/3062/3894/files/pumukites.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2216/3876/files/lalow.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/8470/7992/files/bolijijujitu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1104/6558/files/71814165139.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/5932/8662/files/bedikuxorafenirupavagaw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6528/6566/files/nosafirusajej.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/8634/6408/files/68824650783.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8787/9580/files/fonizuxamudaperepa.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/
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6113/2968/fi

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00008ade.bin
c0b615ae272da694712e1ea75c06650f1d2a2b6a2062e523ab0d95b60d36de25
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8ADE 5328 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009ce9.bin
6013c7a737ce8edc6d9f9b5bec0f5f9b0ac37528ed2c4dc4781466dd459cf1a5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9CE9 10088 bytes