Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f02eb33d56cfdf7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.9 KB Created: 2020-08-15 10:42:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4ed63297ddfe52842acf84faa370e00f SHA-1: 2dc60c91ab9a081972fee4d093256216670990bf SHA-256: f02eb33d56cfdf7fa899ed592305039a2560f0b26a1f4130fff37b6fa42f2efe
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, specifically pointing to 'https://ttraff.cc/pify?keyword=editing+worksheets+for+class+9'. This indicates an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site. Additionally, the PDF exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs, many hosted on cdn.shopify.com, suggesting an effort to obscure the true destination or leverage benign domains for distribution. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same redirector URL and a benign-looking PDF link, reinforcing the lure.

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.cc/pify?keyword=editing+worksheets+for+class+9
    • http://digik.watersportsrep.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131871921/6fd2d479c3507.pdf
    • http://files.brownfarmsstrawberries.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775174/3547192.pdf
    • http://xefiwe.stonehillfarm1781.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130776436/roloru-fijepujanewofat-lopiso-zebalexela.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8353/9366/files/gutadogijevivixit.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2917/6232/files/43069616629.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/6345/2583/files/woods_bush_hog.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/1754/3585/files/pevafutelunokamiw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/92904811518.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0447/9506/8567/files/vocabulary_for_ielts_advanced_with_answers_audio.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4457/7178/files/18985979572.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/3536/1442/files/pefovapifeninipifikot.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/7211/9193/files/18181292178.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/5915/8938/files/95547313494.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/0071/7727/files/baveruxex.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/4839/3112/files/oxidative_stress_and_aging.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0446/7795/5747/files/up_pgt_sociology_syllabus_2020.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/1/0447/9506

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000647a.bin
d4316494c06f3df763a7b9843a696cdcd645d1c499c9274f150f323445af4b52
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x647A 5552 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000776c.bin
c1c94bb4339d42bcdd392d65092348e3bc541866e9a20886255bc1e4e3f4fb99
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x776C 10268 bytes