Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6dbc96cceeee4a8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:13:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 067a55affbdcbfd65818d8d9caa53f57 SHA-1: 9217afb715fdd0aefd16a6989744f40679daa3f4 SHA-256: 6dbc96cceeee4a8c1888bd54c23707e7eedb96190cca568de0c8fcf69b6ddd78
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure, being image-heavy with minimal text, further supports its use as a deceptive lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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 70 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://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/7762683842.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e25fee473---jujupozimosagenonotowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/beperizen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonio-pelella.eu/userfiles/files/tirufasafadubik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29876dccb8---revopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdcab70b85---muzedigege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s38bdr1d1nrn7f6o75ig944167/578983202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefumubew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/38014840818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f02f9f6b8---45888326824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8p10vb7himt28i8bpd7e1clep0/piwisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609160b707ec7---lidibapokunoxiwewejofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/lenuladazudazixuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6bcfc0832c2237971f8e40d525f8625/nigamago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3colorjazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/xelabulakipadomulareroxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/vekejitobuvasetepuvala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608043e2c41a0---desegifiwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1273d5942d472bd293786f4383b4692/netazofevulune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbd59b668a3---46006675048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/benebibofewivibak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panegovernance.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/file/rafogula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/xufosilaxukinipufebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gchs1969.com/clients/867877/File/vedurojukopaxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57448067528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=derivadas+de+funciones+inversas+ejercicios+resueltos+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b63b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB63B 10908 bytes
SHA-256: a381987a154fd5724096ae08fde6d5d8e4bb33cb2acc49fc8c1fd32d0729afcf
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e7ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7AC 14496 bytes
SHA-256: 377cd37d90327fb8f13d1eb1319d5f6bc1873d73d32ec3b7be151789b3b03f4e