Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eb94bbf656e179cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.8 KB Created: 2020-08-07 01:25:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 698226b60af8d78ddfcdddfdff9cf49c SHA-1: 8b9428ee4fd75620f48942363acbe8615b0c1481 SHA-256: eb94bbf656e179cbf98084118a24e95b0e4951e00d55fef55c47e83f818610d5
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file exhibits malicious behavior through a critical heuristic firing for PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK, pointing to 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=book+to+learn+mandarin+pdf'. Additionally, it contains a PDF link farm, as indicated by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic, with numerous links to external PDFs hosted on platforms like shopify.com. The presence of a visual download button lure further suggests an attempt to entice user interaction. The primary intent appears to be directing users to malicious or deceptive content via these links.

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.ru/pify?keyword=book+to+learn+mandarin+pdf
    • http://files.anitashackelford.net/uploads/1/3/1/4/131438459/dipixuxi-mosafatamij-xanetubovu.pdf
    • http://files.itanecoleman.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437318/3061225.pdf
    • http://files.challengethewind.org/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681464/kukusagaxenizokek.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3519/6566/files/71464844332.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8334/2748/files/lazowedoxakodujimovopajod.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2784/9639/files/zapinaduwiruzuxekikifole.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5791/3757/files/lexutopigutoxez.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/3302/5960/files/area_of_different_shapes_worksheet.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/4545/2967/files/72392023830.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/1717/3152/files/fesuzibesuvenomola.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/4853/2128/files/lemesesiwubulaluje.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6982/4414/files/37470632124.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8774/9525/files/84261796496.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2846/3271/files/cricut_user_manual.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/
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5791/3757/fi

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000086e8.bin
fe621318fd43f98f2b9861dab3fd5f4d835544ed56eefa01881a0bef0ef883d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x86E8 3192 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00009257.bin
509378b4daa5230b4de4c4c07e2645593fba85955c5e18ce2602097281794341
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9257 5124 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000a3b2.bin
3604c16eff4204f8618ad4207fe0c7daa782233a7c9376a383a131414013dbf9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA3B2 10008 bytes