Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcd003863bcc6ef3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.5 KB Created: 2020-08-27 23:11:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 75878e091116c95f8051c8964a80293d SHA-1: b8e7fc897a8cd7d2676b0100ff6504f4276b8599 SHA-256: fcd003863bcc6ef35523f89057966240ca5089a0ebe6d49a76747f117cb2c075
120 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link to a known malicious redirector, ttraff.cc, which is designed to lead users to malicious content. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to a 'population screening program' in England, likely a lure. The PDF also hosts a large number of external links, many pointing to Shopify domains, which is characteristic of SEO link farm techniques used to obscure malicious intent.

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=alguns+centros+de+pesquisa+na+inglaterra+est%25C3%25A3o+realizando+um+programa+de+triagem+populacional
    • http://files.chrisonorati.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406234/piliva.pdf
    • http://files.mkayinthemountains.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682630/doxinija.pdf
    • http://ganofuvu.silverspoondinner.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131607163/wuxasesatusej-venuzowajuxije.pdf
    • http://nexal.nocolonnoworries.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740437/5fe944adf9c61.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0437/8053/8529/files/jameson_taillon_injury_report.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/6866/0643/files/informal_email_writing_format_samples.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/2699/6633/files/13566874300.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/5459/6250/files/rikamuzipifa.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0439/7583/5806/files/camila_livio_emidio.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9835/8432/files/45927795399.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0427/8072/1311/files/fanufojo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0435/9864/3363/files/workspace_login_godaddy.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9831/6707/files/badoo_mobile_app_free.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/8581/6218/files/wuzekepogekomofagotala.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_off00005f11.bin
66a0b106134799207db778119a85a7a0339dfc89ae7be32bc301237640b69fd3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5F11 5876 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007260.bin
ea458fd4ee5d24d3600d95caf0afd4adb7e613f7bcd99cbcceaef86e4dd42433
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7260 12816 bytes