Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd9e8232f9aee350…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.8 KB Created: 2020-08-01 16:29:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: f27d5cc19d97bf9f21967ecbe6c37a38 SHA-1: 34185ba0c993fc8f85a5af7defaf782a05091dad SHA-256: fd9e8232f9aee35041d2e19ccf3c8079af87fc0df914020453aa928e7fb89bf7
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link pointing to 'https://ttraff.com/pify?keyword=instalike+apk+download'. Additionally, it exhibits characteristics of a PDF link farm, with numerous links to external PDFs hosted on domains like cdn.shopify.com. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure mechanism. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains the redirector URL and references to 'apk download', indicating a likely attempt to trick users into downloading potentially malicious software.

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=instalike+apk+download
    • http://files.randomfrequents.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132710763/mefojexe.pdf
    • http://files.sfbayareapsychotherapy.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131607522/zugazovejorugeb-jikov.pdf
    • http://files.drkayecase.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130815437/bomevuzokikara.pdf
    • http://files.pawsrehab.net/uploads/1/3/0/8/130873958/suvatagetage_pukuzena_ziwikodo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/2032/8864/files/90618861429.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/sexewagufik.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/6103/5686/files/sikofubiziwipidum.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/4421/6727/files/75502343668.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0430/8529/9876/files/kizikijuwopugebemovulotim.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0433/0687/7080/files/zexula.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0432/6513/0658/files/nagapoziwodo.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0431/9746/4731/files/rugewogojapejixadolixirub.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0428/9291/8937/files/gatatajamodapaxodux.pdf
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0429/1064/6435/files/jukomumedanazokukamez.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_off00005364.bin
30fd0a21fdbc663e3bcf8c4bef7ab58a956055de6fa515f9bace6ac93e2db48b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5364 4948 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000645f.bin
6436a4dc524cb49dd952a50f1a9256f5610225b3d9d99126ad3ba8832a0136f3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x645F 10108 bytes