Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e43d900ab149b4f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

56.0 KB Created: 2020-08-02 14:37:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 9eb7a06def23b46e76b1258bddd096c5 SHA-1: 7722d284466847e29cbcee12560c2269595bfc32 SHA-256: e43d900ab149b4f81438ac0c16d51df08c9fbe65681072791240a372c00dbb8f
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=watch+cartoon+online'. This URL is presented within the document body, disguised as a link to watch cartoons online, likely as a lure. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded links, many hosted on Shopify domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute content or traffic. The presence of a malicious redirector indicates a likely attempt to lead the user to a malicious site or download further malware.

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.ru/pify?keyword=watch+cartoon+online
    • http://files.venicelcp.org/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380397/886633.pdf
    • http://files.vintagefarmsuds.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398139/2611349.pdf
    • http://files.rachelwilliams-animalbehaviour.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398000/bifone.pdf
    • http://files.charleesangelsboutique2.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873728/mewonefu.pdf
    • http://files.stresswiseatwork.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740423/94da630d4d.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4614/2114/files/42521406735.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5721/6678/files/openbsd_vs_freebsd.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/3173/3159/files/konufusutaxofamojixemibat.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8991/2218/files/brother_mfc-_240c_manual.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7111/1330/files/31630377613.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/1574/8253/files/pebonuzi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/7272/4897/files/rokefavu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/4608/2472/files/givowegawububu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4536/2581/files/66815144357.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/9932/3558/files/sulomugojisisemato.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/23158701460.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000929c.bin
07603163e4098ae726de254fdf5f242eddcffb01c2af6df0f8bbeeffae59e095
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x929C 4508 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000a1dd.bin
ffaf88101ba7942eb91fa3a224c721c316300f3c0e5a55fee577274c825cb0aa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA1DD 10268 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000c50c.bin
4fcfa7c68d76e23b667942a3ac892d2d5d88346478daafc61479ad4df4af3dd3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC50C 4324 bytes