Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f87602e251637496…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-29 00:23:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3ba49a8bfd4f5da037b4fb0ae5aea8aa SHA-1: 2b75b2bad089048b6369ae41e3f1933596039870 SHA-256: f87602e2516374964b5c506bce10f7477d84d0193d884723af15642d18a39f2d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with a clickable action and containing numerous external links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=game+download+karvanu+software', are likely used to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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=game+download+karvanu+software PDF link annotation
    • http://hengtongrongshang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210914051707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/10827921355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-ruiyangcpa.com/userfiles/file/2021-9///202191777454056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maharajganjtimes.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/80857727076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anglometais.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10428826768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobergamaschi.it/userfiles/files/kekageba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acelybio.com/upload/files/41881406768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161330cf4b365a---78492074548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marsanz.pl/uploads/fck/file/96612163935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/xikowenitoxupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7b701b7472c41dfdc9ee120bcc13d96/zefagepigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencatakan.com/upload/file/28295379572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f30359608f---16828033786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilahomedesign.com/userfiles/files/zukazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledlight-lamp.com/mingyi/images/userfiles/file/jores.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticaproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17620664345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/31066084286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystaltrade.hu/data/file/94200526996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f21b0ed9fe19fcfe399cbf17b2cab7ad/60398549606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mcotclrsf6gqnkp1ia169oqd5/85219360618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countryclaim.cz/userfiles/file/depobemipovowulevivif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peptidturkiye.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49433920090.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_off0000b020.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB020 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c832.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC832 14252 bytes
SHA-256: cdb28e39652371b1023215500ffbb04ecb32ae645b816070498cd72e9bc11e6f
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD7 10808 bytes
SHA-256: e62b4e6164b38e7dc2865e24b3526fb99030d500ea5fe7ae44cdbbd18876ac0a