Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fde698aecb6fe55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:19:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 22b7840da07f222326b8a0c9744e7255 SHA-1: 8778cd8af7b12047bcf9c1ece9cf48a4c26d9c39 SHA-256: 6fde698aecb6fe5542c35c525e35b31d6bba68f8eddcb33f705bef42f5a542fe
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are part of link farms hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass security filters.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unlock+phone+to+home+screen PDF link annotation
    • http://bancasemecanino.com/userfiles/files/72534126770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/venepozega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpconsulting.us/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozipakilulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guclupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/81599783713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/873fd1ab9cbad8152f53fa2e5a8a27cf/51251350377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticketsperiodico.com/galeria/files/98542935795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsjsbzrw.com/uploads/files/50389891265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/powewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reklama71.ru/upload_picture/wusipekobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/32363768443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nclg1074gkqqs8c9j5e01a8ifn/69144633367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-kursk.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/58594245284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamap.in/ci/userfiles/files/74296540717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/bejelivetufawefufebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/fedazapasowanuvewamodezip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tierrettung-in-katalonien.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67596693040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zilalcooling.com/other_files/File/32409828950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/satarupizojozuzafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubbelgickychobrov.sk/editor_uploads/files/bajaxajenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jun-travel.com/userfiles/file/garowowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeorden.com/media/file/bojusukegozametowope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gajmjq8fehvd0rppso1n4jcfg2/nilebawituzagikijenabale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/wisaxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/moduxuganawixaguroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piphoto.tw/uploads/files/202109042102262092.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_off0000deeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f702.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF702 10484 bytes
SHA-256: b5833e392680e2a1ef7eb3a9f2b6f11d327e5c0b66faa063d052b7cbac90492e
font_02_sfnt_off00010ea3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA3 18248 bytes
SHA-256: 63024a1c62ac8c44c270e272da8225584e5f7a2a042539464d723058f48f41f7