Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dfd83968484e093…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.2 KB Created: 2021-09-28 04:46:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 198f4ebdd0074ee95101ffc95f9d2352 SHA-1: 604ca1841472f17bef25ec02e2740c8f2d5c6b2f SHA-256: 3dfd83968484e0935fae37f09bb270a281992f5d9ff588cc5d682a4abe1bd8a6
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a malicious phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded clickable links. The heuristic PDF_IMAGE_LURE indicates it's designed to trick users by presenting a screenshot that hides an action trigger. The numerous external URIs, many hosted on disposable domains, further support this, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a common phishing tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • 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 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=galaxy+s21+voice+commands PDF link annotation
    • https://learn-atdi.com/uploads/files/41583817723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70701630821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelbilet.ru/sites/default/files/file/xezebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nodka.eu/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gikiwoxekizedifisekeves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hung168.tw/UserFiles/files/74155016752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dragonexpressml.apnaconsultant.com/userfiles/files/davipojulokunobuboxewev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanvietnamdinh.com/uploads/files/fuxonewog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.saktoon.com/userfiles/files/birakovajofosutiwopino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobath.com/app/webroot/img/files/ropagitagekuwisifanelejam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moxowutirosirabujuvuduxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datev.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11552464066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbeach.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/kogatavudafebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roberlo.cz/www/files/file/zobotafebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nobaduzekukejebojuxubov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/jisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drakbera.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zibonelap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cc6506642f---dozisovoxagite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maudchristan.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siwonorim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohyundaidanang.com/uploads/image/files/62572968194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weingut-suppan.at/files/59428616228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.info/userfiles/file/sumijobuwegeviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalcinsezer.com/upload/ckfinder/files/91852884512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalleasingny.com/admin/images/file/vetamademiluvoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2634062214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jasolasia.com/image/upload/File/nuwidonajikemezot.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_off0000b005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB005 13876 bytes
SHA-256: 77e1560b840e594238a1009141e1519fbce3e14b0331c963f7ddd2c583ab3c0d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD254 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 0e4001683e8ad3365c30fbf89df401afcbfcbc5a5d51ea1a6e8ca6eceaade99b
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1