Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 175b026ea6880f1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:34:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4c3ce653d99e05fb9a7948e326b9d6e1 SHA-1: eaf2ef3bbd2cbfe13dd9775aac34c36ac8e697b2 SHA-256: 175b026ea6880f1c76596a9833fc1d0d7cacd93e1a29b8187d8a8026e64b4a9e
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' indicates the document's content likely impersonates a remote support tool to trick the user into downloading a payload. The embedded JavaScript and the nature of the links suggest an attempt to download and execute a second-stage malicious file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://gasnguyenanhst.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21777777036.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078129516240---14552416168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showplus.ae/userfiles/files/32101619781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0365a453350b990185f1c3faf86729a7/39537146800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/file/28473833733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmms-online.com/assets/file/fufasasilefibinabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1a1a6b6d2---tavokixopote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c0c60ae06---marapezijixogujubalox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826160f0f15---jubarisidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i1j9ub8a9r7d6kpd674vn9i5jh/77935716659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/11622643492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/84761219911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/xabewamojos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210604201347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/xijiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://music-group-store.com/upload/files/fitasen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0jdurbum7j5rb5hpjm5q4pqmb/71271442913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bae01e7099---foxutusibetuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/sorulalisisomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807eb775429---zawezudinixemobisemipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/zulobusasafoxomosomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=iso+fits+and+tolerances+chart+pdfPDF 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_off0000defc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f713.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF713 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 2232a760e164635a3f5e1c90f7d7935e04f0d7a6b3ac2fde8bae818b7b9fd246
font_02_sfnt_off00010f6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F6C 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 7cb581a065187c2b15f5bfdc5106ef6391b23b0a98dce86394f09b2b06454e0c