Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 143babbf9aa3a414…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:04:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f2a9d3f82619816c293a2d46a67ce122 SHA-1: 73c6a4ed02686adb41c02de30c198f3058ed299c SHA-256: 143babbf9aa3a4147aac4176b9b5013e3ebf5411a269ccc09acb5115eaa583d6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, and heuristics indicate it is a remote-support tool lure. Embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggest an attempt to download and execute further payloads or redirect the user to malicious sites. The document body was unreadable, but the heuristics strongly indicate a social engineering pretext to install remote access software.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://rails-bg.com/fckeditorfiles/file/41207757614.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/20397706585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fnathservices.com/upload/file/39976615657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorapizza.it/userfiles/files/84939738587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f8a1d8f7c---fisugetefitikodotar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/winagenuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a864230380---95540058323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomerealestate.org/images/file/belag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinosteelcode.com/filespath/files/20210914132409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/jufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/15662804204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/99407473536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e32de21d6---51296143596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ximangsongthao.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/konejidazorog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/69911116457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/84003877163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146046bef439---xavobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revafuletujozatituteberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lire-les-notes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76679746064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4551200903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/sinozonofikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasziget.hu/uploads/files/26317319874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2d2ac759ab413ff39e4fd94d56f01b/31873141144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pasted-radio.de/web/files/letopimotexule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=remote+control+android+phone+freePDF 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_off0000de58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f66f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66F 10760 bytes
SHA-256: de85ebd3d4d214b67e8d7dddb72dd3270265fc82f957c76f624e52e5a9a93456
font_02_sfnt_off00010ee5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE5 17352 bytes
SHA-256: bb52ff77a1ea9a09ada326c3ba51719cee259fea352bb3c157c5ff22ad6bb866