Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b3621542ade05b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 06:50:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2abc15171e2795326f61e02c08f5c600 SHA-1: 035ec5ecadee2698dc570614157ee2e04b6be01c SHA-256: 7b3621542ade05b14439516ea31c02f2c65e0e2a1685abbcf844aa6da0521c60
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1534 Steal or Modify Data T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Heuristics indicate it is a link farm on disposable hosting and specifically targets Facebook credentials. The embedded URLs, such as https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+take+a+phone+out+of+safe+mode, are used in a credential phishing lure. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL analysis strongly suggest a phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+take+a+phone+out+of+safe+mode.
  • 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.
  • 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=how+do+you+take+a+phone+out+of+safe+mode PDF link annotation
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/255e82ee3b9903e8a82ad6ade79e5550/40749526811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/49911265983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invision.buzyhub.com/files/70198989547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/85428150082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvfre20n778qpsroocuf58bl04/dotuxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/userfiles/file/44558967940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/wapoxagufokajupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/16723144083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/23648870604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/97741028306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.org/contents/files/65894828837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qwerty.pl/_data/file/felekogibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.newhorizonscrisiscenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waputaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e6200b200---46311361676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hockjoohin.com/admin/uploads/file/79435792276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlw.ro/UserFiles/file/74375598857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/49792689812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bongoes62.dk/userfiles/file/41546135643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bisopujibupuduborog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/25354055691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/74393960790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanticcompact.org/userfiles/files/jerufitebeligagominavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66730610442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chuanghuilaw.com/filespath/files/20210912203814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/selarewagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ispartaorganizasyon.com/ckfinder/upload/files/dularokujagefuxemafaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40465909416.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_off0000da66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF278 17344 bytes
SHA-256: 6a9090cc0fb030b29bcf8b120ab162ec490682172d07e348d31cec66c6ff6afe
font_02_sfnt_off00011f33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F33 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 3d4d757677c5221fdd4bdbe396d13b210a5d8e0b48c0ca8dcd469d7f78a7c762