Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f392ad35738faed2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.1 KB Created: 2020-08-08 02:12:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 43134627827f5b81d877fd3029d452a0 SHA-1: 625d9634c6a39cb06f98c37c648d651ac6a3f1da SHA-256: f392ad35738faed2a32d4b527d3a788d26426fb86370236afaacbc2a94c05745
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, a common tactic for SEO poisoning and redirecting users to malicious sites. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.cc, which is further disguised as 'sql query interview questions for experienced professionals pdf'. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to lure users into clicking malicious links, likely leading to further compromise. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of direct payload execution.

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=sql+query+interview+questions+for+experienced+professionals+pdf
    • http://files.sandiegocsi.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131482887/7261040.pdf
    • http://files.extrordinarycounseling.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379948/09a2b9e.pdf
    • http://files.dsaarchitects.net/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739993/53356.pdf
    • http://files.georgia-sabatier.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164479/pujizivomifixav_tamumevavox.pdf
    • http://files.georgia-sabatier.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131164479/pujizivomifixav
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/0247/8237/files/jofatokaxar.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/9937/3214/files/concept_of_biosecurity.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8378/3575/files/selovozatixuligujomunuw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0653/3527/files/muworasobasajotolegogak.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9374/5046/files/30550617366.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/5789/7882/files/43772574127.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/fapodepemiretewuroraga.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/5161/3334/files/sulogenijudalififekujonu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/9689/1807/files/56099276366.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0447/6128/4757/files/auditing_and_assurance_services_8th_edition.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0073/3596/files/33607409364.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_off000071ab.bin
5b719c03defc3ba0279b36a79f71c140e042df1cf3759d20bcfd8f0dff11542e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x71AB 5700 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008545.bin
d80c83508cb1b39b37b5e6877042360871a172391587addc7be4d71e474c3327
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8545 12812 bytes