Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f49e051fb846b0dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.8 KB Created: 2020-08-18 16:42:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8556d5af5c6497ef8af7a1cad94c4374 SHA-1: f02ffeb84e41cd784f558d880141e21a9fe563cc SHA-256: f49e051fb846b0dd6c8213022e13c1a38bbcd5625d845e44d859188bcbc5f0da
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link pointing to 'ttraff.com'. Additionally, it exhibits a PDF link farm heuristic, with numerous links hosted on 'cdn.shopify.com'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the same malicious URL. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

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.com/pify?keyword=discovery+education+assessment+answers
    • http://jirizi.parent-partner.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856372/ralonopafagoxogefono.pdf
    • http://files.flagstaffsings.org/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453250/0ca79e4ac82e19c.pdf
    • http://files.plastersurrey.co.uk/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437157/8503486.pdf
    • http://wofozizof.wagamuffinz.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131482853/fenojipoxa_gimemirevopelax_javuxunon.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/8105/6935/files/tumetutet.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/6294/3144/files/best_ipad_app_for_annotating_files.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/8214/5182/files/zokonawepuvuwozasiba.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/6246/8516/files/10496834917.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/musigusuwekun.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/meragavafeduxilaxopuxaw.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/7975/3109/files/pectoralis_major_stretch.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9003/5366/files/symmetry_shapes_worksheet.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2462/9411/files/76915692706.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0441/3338/4344/files/atm_reference_model_in_computer_networks.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/7278/1477/files/brochure_designs_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/1960/6936/files/21495078844.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4660/8794/files/67345175490.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_off0000551c.bin
bad5d1c50b174814e47103de3119ab4b993c8478866657461e602c9763b13ac8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x551C 5304 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00006725.bin
3262b99dd6dd020f00bbb023af3ab91f2e0324c99abc002827e66f96dc03a34b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6725 15064 bytes