Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6786e719e3ff200…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 22:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 378fb4b80c6fdb2704d196ef1b49ccc4 SHA-1: 9447b6444995d3998fc166e2c3bd1beff8a9731a SHA-256: b6786e719e3ff20024708bde0bbd7bd4075ade265c8f5784722d7c3664e99394
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a password-protected archive lure. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and heuristic firings point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://ecpa.fr/uploaded/file/74123491754.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tc-muehlacker.de/data/tcmuehlacker/userfiles/file/54482946146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baracenter.be/userfiles/file/88152032345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0c904fe6d---xapalarofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijinmotor.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/firipud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edeins.com/userfiles/file/70120929091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyalangkorapartment.com/userfiles/file/18343261962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://get-insurance.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fojopugejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/fupimiwabupuwubenitetera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/buvajijuzevozisunufadipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etyekilovarda.hu/userfiles/file/luxixuzofurisutivomub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/sutuxekurasazekakexanafid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/kizofonojikufebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents/files/92962003077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/340231f54259d1b859deea7bd6bb8fd5/56254658808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2c65baa3e490a7538057b9d9cef6311/33688177218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djib31f7cd84jbo843igp9a4u7/wovufakebuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130374ab2166---24994298638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/ninubafufebukefofawidem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euchebnici.com/img/file/fajamax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/effb2bda939dedbe5b4fe9429864b3b3/49364755129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/056376268563ebc9a4ea3311d1ccce5d/29576891561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+into+your+own+instagram+accountPDF 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_off0000dffa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFFA 10884 bytes
SHA-256: c75ab223af24836494c84114edc2efaa34ff550d78665e2aa976d60a4044021f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f90b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF90B 17952 bytes
SHA-256: c2fa986ddb108ff6b8f7077c38801fb3c18f92ea3aa59776a9134bf8ed90ff0e
font_02_sfnt_off00012719.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12719 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1