Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f78650dd73acc3e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.6 KB Created: 2020-08-24 01:28:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 73f81ac3fa980a3d70e466bf3404a6f3 SHA-1: 1beacefab55187dab7c55502f98c78ecbaafe5f5 SHA-256: f78650dd73acc3e68389102080333c486f0ebf3884f83e00b4cdeb9acbb0ab64
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.ru/pify?keyword=photosynthesis+worksheet+answers'. This URL is presented within the document body, disguised as a link to download worksheet answers. The file also contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to Shopify domains, suggesting a link farm or SEO abuse tactic to obscure the malicious redirector. No scripts were extracted, and the document body itself is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of the malicious redirector is the primary indicator of compromise.

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=photosynthesis+worksheet+answers
    • http://files.lifeinmint.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131607712/ropikanumite-poxizeparodof.pdf
    • http://files.reneesance.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131379724/8439809.pdf
    • http://files.financialwriterssociety.org/uploads/1/3/0/9/130969254/warodigigokafum.pdf
    • http://files.kleindesignclass.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856134/najabeki.pdf
    • http://vesavitu.sewmanylinens.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131398348/nukokad-nikifakanufi.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3124/8542/files/69739989475.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9435/1778/files/bazatazodekaguvitamode.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/2294/8264/files/staff_appraisal_sample_answers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8575/8617/files/pnc_mortgage_speedpay.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/0695/9514/files/tostee_sex_tape.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/4021/6987/files/meditations_marcus_aurelius.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/9622/0572/files/73866955561.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4492/0726/files/zebis.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2693/1099/files/bosch_classixx_5.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/9751/3381/files/vezenakuwovirunibugapumik.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0436/1024/3229/files/67763588272.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/9735/7472/files/69267228986.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_off00006abe.bin
30bf93393af7b8571c820a4b9a14624c535ff17c4123c71104e44279bbc8fb75
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6ABE 5000 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007bc1.bin
0d82ed2dd3f90b4ece3f22f025a1a44d86ff542479ab5b0485cb877b308a34a8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7BC1 11284 bytes