Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa0dcb3ed76d4523…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.5 KB Created: 2020-08-06 08:12:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 461604c1245e01f100d6eb61d2138777 SHA-1: 262d6f7ad96d4724481385be6f97a23f02f4d0d6 SHA-256: fa0dcb3ed76d4523015e97d9fb1705f4cc361c335e96476820925785a395df3b
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a malicious redirector link pointing to 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=sample+letter+of+appreciation+for+support+pdf'. This URL is designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content. The PDF also contains a large number of external links, many hosted on cdn.shopify.com, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic to increase visibility. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of a malicious redirector indicates a phishing or social engineering attack.

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.com/pify?keyword=sample+letter+of+appreciation+for+support+pdf
    • http://files.thecinematicweddingcompany.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775228/muboruvogip_lozafodaroka_xizoluweso_mavadugilozu.pdf
    • http://files.vitaldanzaireland.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131872105/5e989.pdf
    • http://pebug.stpetermechanicsburg.com/uploads/1/3/1/1/131163599/5404920.pdf
    • http://files.randombutterflies.net/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437584/9dfb215.pdf
    • http://files.kayliquirk.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130775063/69ba38.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1729/8329/files/ubuntu_nvidia_drivers.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2741/4696/files/fumusokilevibesujivu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/2309/8279/files/kubota_b7800_for_sale.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0440/3753/7942/files/kanujomevojowirapozavon.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/2807/0052/files/2712230256.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/3431/1845/files/xozemuzopo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/3917/8399/files/naforebuzepinabuvo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/bewewolifokolugetu.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/4198/7479/files/58873118564.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/0350/0950/files/wayne_grudem_bible_doctrine_free_download.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/4731/2789/files/wexedazigevenebowajobefa.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_off00006ce9.bin
9f32806eab2e0589c89e2a7ee0ef69daf30baacd71488a134031058c503e2eaf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6CE9 5404 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007f2f.bin
08e9cab7dfb1fda6f702b4432ef86f60f23a75d4b90e2b9028395deefed08cb8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7F2F 10908 bytes