Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e09145456402978d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.8 KB Created: 2020-08-06 05:45:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 6c2677a5ca0b053b63f602e10ad61aaf SHA-1: 0e3146d2e87bc95a13fa90958f6092ac63b71363 SHA-256: e09145456402978dc728a8d852b8a68f007ffadfddeb6cecf79e67549652795a
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to a redirector service. The primary malicious URL identified is https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=mostly+harmless+econometrics+angrist+and+pischke+pdf, which is likely used to direct users to further malicious content. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains references to the redirector URL and numerous other Shopify-hosted PDF files, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic to distribute malicious content.

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.cc/pify?keyword=mostly+harmless+econometrics+angrist+and+pischke+pdf
    • http://files.hotelsinischia.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164552/0ab2bb90e88.pdf
    • http://files.babcockranchdragonboatfestival.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070487/9549478.pdf
    • http://jukufalof.realitynconsciousness.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739204/winizafo.pdf
    • http://files.thebeautyexpertgroup.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164520/2f26630dc.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7061/1861/files/18336947065.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6574/5303/files/lalojimofiwig.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4345/4102/files/auditor_general_report.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5905/9615/files/scalp_acupuncture_and_clinical_cases.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/1466/5886/files/tiwexelegukopado.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/zekimopesafirizaxos.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4541/9173/files/parkin_macroeconomics_10th_edition.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8027/8426/files/precalculus_cynthia_young.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/0262/6202/files/46561235624.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/norojakibi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/1769/9477/files/6712116739.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/6591/5045/files/1424674841.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4492/9690/files/jekijagafovafomenada.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_off000062b9.bin
b21e3f6ebec0dc7ad01c1cb2fbb06368c96b31d1365a8195e884fb6453c7cffb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x62B9 5740 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000762a.bin
e6b8538121aeb5a06b9cadd278b3dc58ab11a1856db393224b52da9b9455774d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x762A 10604 bytes