Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72669e4b662fc100…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.9 KB Created: 2021-08-12 05:06:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6ede4c97ed772af5fbf073d1982de21b SHA-1: e25dad5bf7b4d2dbac79738d87b4b4f075f97569 SHA-256: 72669e4b662fc100cd806c882ae8b4eebd64bdb6fd0915f3fbb82f0a00dd5c61
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high ML score and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely contains instructions to obtain a password for an archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway scanning and deliver malicious payloads. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggest a phishing or malware distribution infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9708

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://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608620ce164cb---30951849965.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4ad2045b0b2d99196ba73cfa298813a/83275424429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723b6050ac7---25862787077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30320755008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/file/76207011724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f8c86e0ab---21696781102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/772360bf5fda2882e629b32ec2eaf212/81728007885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/28564553092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://latexindia.com/userfiles/file/64537334075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/42842678902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biotop-zamosc.pl/userfiles/file/rapirutiwenub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xegipogilopejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veitali.com/upload/files/fones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4445ms7i88qhvp9vnivoivfvg/lesagowaduvijepetavune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/forufipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/88999217481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210730_194846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/zifapebiwatubodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/faranixuzapalasilafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistarelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bb23c461cf3e30ef075041c30372df0/mewotex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-22/20210522084230152597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d38dc4dc6fd5b9adcb13cfea3e06084/93502810558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drprdesaihospital.com/uploads/54541105162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c35942ed4c---38663211918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2000057e5d---72430620327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=team+kirby+clash+deluxe+passwords+north+americaPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB37 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 83fa42b44d9dedc4aa3c18431b3f9eb7d1b9f92673174de66203c587d8babcce
font_01_sfnt_off0001185d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1185D 20492 bytes
SHA-256: ce5dd50515572431ae3c1aeb3af3b753478b2b5b7124b4e18bec94a408f39f0d
font_02_sfnt_off000152fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00016b11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B11 11376 bytes
SHA-256: 67aacdc5893d5c671d9b07b36158d453f117a3e59cb3a101d6de4291746cad07