Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02554bdd2181ae92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-22 10:20:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7d7464cc787fa39096f1720fb990b337 SHA-1: 6fee116143b595a1fae3dd7de485d3f01f954b8b SHA-256: 02554bdd2181ae92ada305cec5afbae55329f557272bb0dfde6c5e94bbb7a143
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a 'remote-support tool lure' heuristic, indicating it likely prompts the user to install or connect with such a tool. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of numerous links to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself may contain malicious JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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 http://stfurnimart.com/file_media/file_image/file/10851824395.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ad48814f86---tapapopufaluzatiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zerling.eu/nico/images/files/kafoxizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ombs.ru/uploads/files/7179394265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hidropomp2008.com/uploads/userfiles/file/26487725666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkl.cn/filespath/files/20210920030137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f06cafbdb---26186580817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansatrans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82518518866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epplast.com/files/file/wotasigofadonetodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/levumovum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altus.pl/userfiles/file/bifedipidifina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23798914504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimalar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lijiremode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionradvanice.cz/res/file/32726697536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aokman-drive.com/d/files/nimolemezagepofixijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietnam-intraco.com/webroot/img/files/vedirevimomuxujabegizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pribatu.lamilagrosaimport.com/images/files/dedeladubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelstore.ru/upload/files/40885757680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/9096617047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3663883ba2aa9f5960452a51a328464/ralutifajatajipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161419adb30471---42235423175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimobertoarchitetto.com/userfiles/files/57548591304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refpecsbelvaros.hu/kepek/files/3176066472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a80fc12d1---37085118134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=venom+wallpaper+androidPDF 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_off0000dc8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC8C 18596 bytes
SHA-256: ba2bc7540c0d1322fe012569ad301f8ee95fdbb25da8596f5cf6017140bbd0d3
font_01_sfnt_off00010cea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012501.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12501 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 246ea1c36b0cbcbddb06092ffe1a0a7ddc753a70980a154c069668a3a68ddb4b