Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db6c196c590f6be0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 08:28:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4ca9df365d873f5eb4714b890272a12d SHA-1: d032c70811aff58d48eb01ef3c6e5110e114344e SHA-256: db6c196c590f6be040a1468d1eaa0852a6d4993d2bda176465e4de2cbd0c50c5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a link farm strategy, hosting numerous links on compromised websites, likely to obscure the ultimate destination of the payload. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates that the document likely instructs the user to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security scans. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • 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://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f2f161e45---menewazijib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161377beb1a6b9---89469695884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/109587c269158d8ffcc5b44a8d08d7a0/kuximovatumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0532.com/userfiles/file/20210901063142_29g6yg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/navudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/towuxitodejarebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/tovajowugumal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italy-ex.com/images/blog/file/lexat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bojovesporty.cz/userfiles/file/vapuxixinujezebobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/butizuxegaxatixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142b31c7e4cd---savamiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc9cdaef88158de6744eed4b513f428f/pewiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413aad2442f---90255648906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/webasugisogufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brakos.it/file/mubexanobalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungangroup.com/uploads/files/202109150858042170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/30970932935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strelnicebudejovice.cz/userfiles/file/12000776664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/85690124040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d93ae2187e---burinaxekumepipizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuposijazatinodosunudugod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmvlpslimited.com/ci/userfiles/files/37004074203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxag.com/upload/browse/file/76856211019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+can+i+do+if+i+forgot+my+phone+passwordPDF 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_off0000e30e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE30E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB20 18652 bytes
SHA-256: a87f7e086c0866469df2620bb571b6b544b5bcfc249f8dadc2037dc567bf490e
font_02_sfnt_off00012b8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B8E 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 6965fd0db4b35ba1cfb7ae8af93af76e9a67dda95385289312594e535e5494d0