Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e30c022caf70e9bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2020-08-22 03:21:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 3c5186aaf933b189c5a7e55e575fe88d SHA-1: d10af909be850c55940cbb483c7efa8f4c8669d3 SHA-256: e30c022caf70e9bb335f3f6a9206db95a18d0ae848ccd35e3507dd2f695d76e5
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, with one specifically pointing to a known malicious redirector at `ttraff.ru`. The heuristic `PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK` confirms this, and `PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM` indicates a mass of external PDF links, suggesting a link farm for SEO manipulation or to host further malicious content. The document body itself is heavily obfuscated and contains a mix of text and what appears to be binary data, making its direct content analysis difficult, but the presence of numerous links is the primary indicator of malicious intent.

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=electrical+characterization+techniques+pdf
    • http://pawuwez.cantonohiolandscaping.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776321/3998718.pdf
    • http://files.breathelaughlove.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738652/fd6a64f4.pdf
    • http://files.d-hunt.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453588/e022258ac75.pdf
    • http://bixet.emilynolanviolin.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130813054/80846359af2.pdf
    • http://files.ps195magnet.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739182/vumogatobusaxorija.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6303/3507/files/18540234884.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5503/9135/files/59660458383.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/0428/7383/files/pepepo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0921/1549/files/nsfas_application_form_2019_vut.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8018/8058/files/kasupo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6394/3067/files/45647955276.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/3826/7809/files/84051811640.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/3397/7255/files/51185628371.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6591/8118/files/tenafawagojozoninuxagesur.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5618/4996/files/lefenitiruligiwabepimaka.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/5862/4672/files/99649624315.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7433/8454/files/bluestacks_1_old_version_free.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_off00004a9c.bin
bea3ab34c4cbf2c4b6ab9b448f9abfb8cf1b912409b1b944b6e768ee58b57153
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4A9C 5376 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00005cd7.bin
0725a58c6abf44f9c651f1c5cd58931d8d89b170901dbfbe37514518df4301d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5CD7 9744 bytes