Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3d8818b09e4a180…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.9 KB Created: 2020-08-18 14:55:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 697bb315ae12ed38b083fa5adf7140f8 SHA-1: cc2bd8a25b0b77e10ce556b0cb224ba4524fcfd8 SHA-256: e3d8818b09e4a1807c80dce07b6bf1e972cfb5e73c579291e8551647630900a6
140 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file functions as a malicious redirector, leveraging a screenshot lure to entice users to click on a link. The primary malicious URL identified is https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=sound+of+applause+free, which is known to lead to malicious infrastructure. The document also contains a large number of links to other PDFs hosted on various domains, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic to distribute malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded links strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 36 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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=sound+of+applause+free
    • http://files.amateursubiepros.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681928/buwis.pdf
    • http://files.willishallherald.org/uploads/1/3/0/8/130874204/nulaxexekuvale.pdf
    • http://pozuguwen.margaretmcgillivray.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131483167/lopizofozi.pdf
    • http://files.lifewithsoosan.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131859261/7749268.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7567/4024/files/84076249695.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/8967/3888/files/82296405708.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/vexib.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0450/3266/9334/files/swing_low_sweet_chariot_chords.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0444/8944/1447/files/2014_honda_crv_owners_manual.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1826/4469/files/ereading_worksheets_text_structure_quiz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/6334/4280/files/55426169741.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2548/1379/files/advanced_development_economics.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/3173/3159/files/22314242860.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4970/5881/files/457504336.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_off000059ae.bin
0e4571b025198e542acc050f6f084ba3858ebd3317f7b5db8dba212a5bff2fb6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x59AE 5136 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00006b32.bin
6eb056c021bfe2613d43caabeb4f7e4981a2e0fa442c9ee678f53dcf0db2d42b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B32 8196 bytes