Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b31c4a8a41a2f89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-28 18:21:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: a1ddc5739bdec53a5eadb6bcbfe99577 SHA-1: 002cc9cbf005e4f35972b70c864084d7d8184620 SHA-256: 3b31c4a8a41a2f89bf243ca1e20ed7d0010905a360b1c1cc8bb1e854127d8bdd
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and is designed as an image-only lure, typical of phishing campaigns. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, likely to download further malicious content or phish for credentials. The embedded JavaScript is the primary mechanism for executing the redirection to these external URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+hero+academia+english+dub+season+5+release+date PDF link annotation
    • http://clinicaveterinariailmarzocco.it/userfiles/files/61244178218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpnovelty.com/upload/files/tuvodowevesosemulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161427de9a9936---41357376274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/35817886568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f9bf9b1454---pabanasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lustigersteirer.at/userfiles/file/tawobufevoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210905063104428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca535758788090143cd93656eaa23782/91179918811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/birogaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47026315332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/17173961774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/moravasilowakawapivisoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/95180175606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwmtqatar.net/userfiles/file/51725165502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispecom.com/cms_dispecom/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/ginikorobunas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mardeestilos.es/fotos/file/13917114041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodnest.info/tctt/sites/aaa/file/87355925376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387e7a2e4c3---kazakeganefipofamekefibit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/bediponerox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalashad.com/userfiles/file/600390561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanyangsteel.com/files/fckeditor/file/574367683614856ce1a37c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46i9ceshkeh1snmmpt7flodas7/82370520237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.premiumtrade.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suzomewopaxokofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elpijisystem.com/file/nitogavofevadubifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/74159520980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b1f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA0A 14156 bytes
SHA-256: 9c7a8711dfa2cda9312c72085e12520c6facefec3569662a37cad808238553a2
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED4F 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 8423f231c1ac1677795e9f99d291872974cca1394d2f45ce88c533e107ef472e