Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6b38e4cbed128c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.7 KB Created: 2020-08-07 04:33:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 65e1bbdcbe6c76fb39ad2bd2d1bc1346 SHA-1: 36aca15dccb61763e97bcbad2c1006103febb622 SHA-256: e6b38e4cbed128c3eb62edc664fd8b5992647861802e6db256076d0da02c1569
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded links, with one specifically identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the URL 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=etiologi+abortus+inkomplit+pdf', which is flagged as malicious. The presence of numerous external PDF links, many pointing to potentially compromised Shopify domains, suggests a link farm or distribution mechanism. The file was generated by wkhtmltopdf, a tool often used to create PDFs from web content, further supporting the idea that the embedded links are the primary malicious component.

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.com/pify?keyword=etiologi+abortus+inkomplit+pdf
    • http://risod.relaxwellpod.net/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380429/disugifexojane.pdf
    • http://mirufibe.mennigen-lab.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681670/retazusaniw-dajageri-fibodujevuse-lopipizujevun.pdf
    • http://files.cailenfu.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437444/rutez_wubusaxofab_kajali_zuwogor.pdf
    • http://files.priscilajamison.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131382470/180541.pdf
    • http://files.beautybydesign2020.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132695575/gatesirifitezina.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4184/1575/files/18870689673.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4190/7110/files/crecimiento_bacteriano_microbiologia.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3662/2498/files/gvim_for_mac.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6790/6975/files/simplification_and_approximation_for_ibps_po.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0447/8582/7991/files/bodice_pattern_free.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/ledoviz.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/5788/8936/files/adobe_after_effects_classroom_in_a_book_2020.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9875/8557/files/34847209895.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8492/3555/files/17673115286.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/5782/4419/files/42604756118.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2732/4310/files/96030333250.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/4677/3660/files/vista_higher_learning_login.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/2841/3607/files/vegefaxoroj.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_off0000708d.bin
0c9bca631b0989a3593854264561eda5040d87d0a76c84fabb6124e73b4ecbd7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x708D 5520 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000833e.bin
1b4caebac0fd8345fb26854dc4153ec9d9f4617349777ce1d6c54e4513620b13
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x833E 10012 bytes