Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e711bb293229f211…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.1 KB Created: 2020-08-15 06:45:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: cb1fa7e9bdb5d982b0e132bcbe9c2b0c SHA-1: 5b1dbc538f2f4eb336f154dda68e0e3fb23aed0e SHA-256: e711bb293229f2114af2da296902b16fd8ef033fa8b1a6281a3b7d29b671c8d3
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to shopify.com, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector infrastructure at 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=cadence+orcad+ly.+ir'. Additionally, a heuristic indicates the document instructs the user to copy or paste clipboard content into a shell, implying a command execution lure. The combination of these factors suggests a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful sites and potentially execute commands.

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.
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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=cadence+orcad+ly.+ir
    • http://files.lightningridgerealestate.com.au/uploads/1/3/2/8/132815961/tuwor.pdf
    • http://penowa.pfcmooremess.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814328/9377110.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1450/4093/files/hiv_aids_information_in_english.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8312/8214/files/womixaxesixa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/9999/4789/files/devimoneboweredodebejoj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0727/0297/files/31659287569.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0705/7825/files/guvowotetumosafominubepat.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4172/6370/files/37441796940.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4398/6327/files/mosidobiporuwezane.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/0436/1884/files/kekivozubafijutatugad.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/7286/3904/files/worship_music_chords.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0446/9476/5724/files/mips_addressing_modes.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8428/files/68934944163.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8260/3927/files/brush_calligraphy_practice_sheets.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7304/4634/files/14420145091.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_off0000671c.bin
0d87bdf4e60306ff597a02efde64b8de4e460aa41d81a29545245108d82f5c86
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x671C 4796 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000777c.bin
3d67379c94812389bf50a3ef309e32d873e57cc22abaad5bbc0209991ff1bebb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x777C 10592 bytes