Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc9cb2652a6321a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:27:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 633402a3bdc54d37c246506b5d984d7a SHA-1: 2f20bdfda7c0cbc4411292401f096315728bd831 SHA-256: fc9cb2652a6321a84f6d45105133a2763eddc72706c653b28d994ca7b6036014
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. The presence of a 'Password-protected archive handoff' heuristic suggests the document's purpose is to trick the user into obtaining a password for a separate archive, likely containing malware. Numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and link farms were extracted, indicating a distribution infrastructure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the heuristics and the embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=muscle+contraction+animation+gif
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cp3l6ts1tuisnr59njogbg2cd7/vurixewige.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd440edcd14---gumosipubobozadon.pdf
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bj2opsfs5s821sneclhtu99r2/43684851783.pdf
    • https://oilbasaro.com/web/images/ckfinder/files/20210611185529.pdf
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/235daa25e7d6666e3e4dfb36babe2f8a/94853656819.pdf
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/biler.pdf
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9uu00jjoj61kkc138rv0r68e1p/18790989852.pdf
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8r1hjln7q7225quikmluplf85k/gamowoboxap.pdf
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/55457305329.pdf
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95c5409739---24211593404.pdf
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/bevowarajerejat.pdf
    • http://alexforstarlight.com/clients/4/41/4125d763bdae894b2c088b8c4c0f4705/File/48101371945.pdf
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/xeximixovuguxek.pdf
    • https://jaiminsales.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86110191871.pdf
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c78d69dbc---xulojelefepadedegapil.pdf
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80332997216.pdf
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/54164676925.pdf
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tovadizanege.pdf
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbamfh4b2s3h06dr5c7iodfsh0/6807973456.pdf
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8ce9e13ed0ca4542efb3a1370399d89/lupexaxapolopelilizuf.pdf
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/198e929d4196c90895a5bcd31cf171e2/88243656838.pdf
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/69106702562.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885cde9c240---rumojulexazibewubusa.pdf
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/5638432862.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6bb.bin
c8638919d089ad073e03f9001b04b5ec8e48b2dc91b32a71115adcbc85d98d19
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6BB 16744 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011263.bin
4929b4d5f313312530f7909205f38c3ce0f8027bce655de6beeef3fc5a62522f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11263 10772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b35.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B35 16792 bytes