Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec37aa1fccaea5b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.9 KB Created: 2020-08-04 23:05:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4482b30771633c990a431d69f4b7183e SHA-1: 6ca9dbe346a19f8d7240b359c339f9fb80cac894 SHA-256: ec37aa1fccaea5b1c7ee6be9d197525ed24710afee53a8ab10bb59c73c23ff55
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 Malicious Link T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to external PDF files hosted on various domains, including a known malicious redirector. The primary malicious link is https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=decarboxylation+of+carboxylic+acid+pdf, which is likely used to redirect users to further malicious content. The document body itself is heavily obfuscated and contains metadata indicating it was generated by wkhtmltopdf, suggesting it was not intended for legitimate user consumption but rather as a vehicle for link distribution.

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.ru/pify?keyword=decarboxylation+of+carboxylic+acid+pdf
    • http://files.mireillesillander.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380440/5600337.pdf
    • http://files.newrootspress.ca/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873804/turuloviz-jibuvi-robazazetili-biwisezit.pdf
    • http://files.nollcompliance.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131069863/boxamofagu.pdf
    • http://files.reddevilsalumni.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132710783/tofabize-wemejamemef.pdf
    • http://files.balatonumc.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131452735/logosa-durokig-legux.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9864/5404/files/wiruzot.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0808/9509/files/kasonafozerisutojobe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/4533/9814/files/fesoj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/2825/0781/files/57266736485.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/5886/2997/files/67868686437.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/1466/7934/files/50966254179.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6951/2607/files/famewupa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/1218/5499/files/vojixozufi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/6403/3429/files/age_of_empires_3_asian_dynasties_mods.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9757/0980/files/52994994260.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/4000/6559/files/gaxaxij.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6352/5026/files/3743594686.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3845/7501/files/resuj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6726/0582/files/49810323974.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/2598/7734/files/jixomukuvunomebaretazino.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_off000074b7.bin
d2406222944cba3a82b501c52dece5b4b783eb77370183820b93e0046e1b5067
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x74B7 5280 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000086cc.bin
1576b1416a3a817dae144dde75de1a4e2a54ab1a4f970ddd44bbb03af64d7c0c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x86CC 10340 bytes