Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e85bca68db47a06a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.4 KB Created: 2020-08-12 14:21:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: e95cca6a60d0ce60dec0a1fdb9ada98c SHA-1: 70636cbc96b24ff39a68c51af9cd42f2eff55059 SHA-256: e85bca68db47a06afea14213dfde20721ce079bbe3d96706d282d4db3299f361
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, with a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector. The document body text and heuristics indicate a lure for a 'PDF to Word document converter software free download', suggesting a social engineering attack. The primary malicious URL identified is https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=pdf+to+word+document+converter+software+free+download, which likely leads to further malicious content. The presence of a large number of external links, many hosted on cdn.shopify.com, points to a link farm strategy to improve search engine ranking for malicious downloads.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=pdf+to+word+document+converter+software+free+download
    • http://fefev.tibbetspta.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131382486/xaguluwa.pdf
    • http://jumanoja.dogtrainingismypassion.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070374/wedemej-melojox-vitogojali.pdf
    • http://files.aroma-bar.net/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606186/femoso-lumigefap.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9885/6867/files/mafetufubu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8275/2935/files/alteraciones_cromosomicas_numericas.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6527/8625/files/72634117705.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/35209966956.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9814/4932/files/63952048660.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/4447/0945/files/free_character_design_books.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/2538/2051/files/always_with_me_always_with_you_tab.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2341/6987/files/44892260867.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/kekiwimuzavenomudajelibo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/1460/1378/files/78353903557.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/3438/6332/files/4th_industrial_revolution_book.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_off00008470.bin
abe2bc5650d82852c7d67bc44cb4cadc61aefde8a59c93f1b9b547b8615bc352
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8470 5156 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000095e9.bin
11cc34b560cae242f7a1b7a5f6b8468a5c987097f9fb0061cec9ccaa02aac78c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x95E9 10476 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000b9c7.bin
1158d95dac44631f497756703988ba3645251422e7ff0015d3fca430225e7c3e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9C7 4324 bytes