Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0bc12562b1a947e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.5 KB Created: 2020-08-18 14:30:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8efa476358ccffe751aa777a44bfad07 SHA-1: 06acb236151ee6f7e4f7fccd35cad3a93c846a32 SHA-256: e0bc12562b1a947e0706a96bfecb04db90b52aca1bda3aa11382b44b45e4f3fb
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a lure related to a 'release of retention payment letter template' and includes a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link. This link, 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=release+of+retention+payment+letter+template', points to known malicious infrastructure. Additionally, the PDF exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded links, many of which are hosted on cdn.shopify.com, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The presence of a visual download button further supports a social engineering attack vector.

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.ru/pify?keyword=release+of+retention+payment+letter+template
    • http://files.weeblackbook.info/uploads/1/3/1/3/131381900/ruzojiba_makera.pdf
    • http://nevogise.debbiepenz.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681836/6961188.pdf
    • http://meluv.humphreyadventures.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776330/6021499.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/2423/7212/files/wixufebumedizanematu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0452/8229/5969/files/alzheimer_s_disease_malayalam.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/1373/2512/files/pajuko.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7058/7029/files/97362568626.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/2540/6874/files/canonical_form_of_boolean_algebra.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4285/6344/files/wovatowuponabitaxuval.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1117/7639/files/vokiresamupetobil.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3785/9735/files/25696010373.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/86593634255.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1478/2104/files/appendix_a_form_for_gate.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2704/6298/files/adobe_reader_pc_software_download.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_off00007035.bin
9b454b33e241fca70cccabb88c714b27c6ce584940e4ebf8785eb1bff6703a91
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7035 5156 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000081b2.bin
396ad69d25ad1a028034036c1fe8ecec6f7cc1a6dc72582cc9107694addf07a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x81B2 10472 bytes