Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 debaf5ba3aff538d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.9 KB Created: 2020-07-24 19:12:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 2db7ab15af884960929bd70ed185d6d7 SHA-1: e7966b1fff1001931258b2162436521dee49d70e SHA-256: debaf5ba3aff538dc5c822225730acce7df1fdf3a2d717be9f89ccb3ffe16625
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=whatsapp+for+android+5.+1+version'. This indicates an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to 'Whatsapp for android 5.1 version', suggesting a lure to trick users into clicking the malicious link. The presence of a large number of external PDF links also suggests a link farm, a common tactic for SEO poisoning or distributing 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=whatsapp+for+android+5.+1+version
    • http://files.carlisleconcernedcitizens.org/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606490/toviwo.pdf
    • http://files.tuscarora-tribe-nc.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874490/tebuxagapofit-dajaduduvulaxol-kutorimidame.pdf
    • http://files.zionlutherancc.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873855/f18cfedf4a778.pdf
    • http://files.bneiakivadetroit.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070230/4933318.pdf
    • http://files.verse-virtual.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131383358/3585118.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9051/7917/files/79531871018.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/jatud.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0193/7063/files/3033685779.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/6802/3194/files/nupizijakujeduvedugesor.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9477/8791/files/sazuwokinom.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/0645/2127/files/70347676571.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/2883/0625/files/25363413203.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7833/6165/files/78844229608.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/7623/0046/files/xelijoronutob.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/xovigaza.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2216/3876/files/27316000247.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_off00008a54.bin
a1da055c604f02a4993e4f9ebf57f9431ae9919b1e5de609dedd455289b8b83f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8A54 5164 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009bfc.bin
5f83397635be9e58eb74561ea2ce857cb8a942a0f00015823df2917541a8e47d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9BFC 13164 bytes