Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee27037f8a8e11a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.3 KB Created: 2020-08-07 06:48:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 0ab60aaf30cc40e1b224de1418bf9fc1 SHA-1: ad151d85b8f270e6d9313a346d1f966bfd5b77e6 SHA-256: ee27037f8a8e11a0451812052c6a8c32fd4ae71594a45535df13f5995c62b288
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to a link farm hosted on Shopify. One of the primary links, 'https://ttraff.ru/pify?keyword=recommendation+letter+pdf+example', is identified as a malicious redirector. The presence of a visible LOLBin command execution instruction suggests the document is designed to execute commands or download further payloads. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the string 'Recommendation letter pdf example' and the malicious URL, reinforcing the lure.

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.
  • Visible LOLBin command execution instruction high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Document contains instructions or visible command text involving Windows script/execution tools such as PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, or regsvr32
  • 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=recommendation+letter+pdf+example
    • http://files.oldfieldtubeamps.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969300/9093647.pdf
    • http://files.mootingsyndicate.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131483253/lewotidedimitufemini.pdf
    • http://files.andyknappmusic.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131408062/jusibemik_vususezofedimam.pdf
    • http://files.beliefne.net/uploads/1/3/1/6/131606262/1668e344.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2636/6111/files/madizakodewokikonafebefar.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6472/9512/files/best_viewer_for_windows_xp.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/9359/0167/files/netejinokigazunavebasuj.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/7160/2855/files/powershell_http_server.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5165/5076/files/gokimibovupirigevipe.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9477/8791/files/bebotixebuledufeb.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0438/9850/3336/files/10957102709.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/4527/3251/files/fodosimiteseranijokuneget.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6061/6599/files/49101543475.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/8707/5230/files/how_to_use_manual_locking_hubs.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3850/7169/files/bepoz.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_off000079ae.bin
7cf62fa277de40c8a68f9c22f8bfd28a0d848ab22028c918c7ee58e5499a49c3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x79AE 5196 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008b4d.bin
0258afaf88774228920fa5b284fec998b7e1429ec956ee3abf5129942ada1c53
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B4D 9772 bytes