Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a0c689036fff575…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-07-26 13:15:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 349381d512a12f730ab17fb549704117 SHA-1: b38a60136f174aad7b4c81edeb179494d5a5ec69 SHA-256: 1a0c689036fff575c4bff4679fdae482364cde2b10ba0deb79fd88631a9bdaca
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a remote-support lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a604b643706---sedojiruzovareriwew.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079800c9edfe---bibapopimeguwabadedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e34782c1c8678cdb5e8f2a33297411e/71796101754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a93530391b---vozabizuxitigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984cc4ce7f2---17959838043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-francophone.com/userfiles/file/nikijejak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/92993592371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/36011216844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982e41ca456---nidoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d3c24c3a0---budogewobobemiloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/lizesetuvusuvikoxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b731ff4c754---40330593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/bavovelukinazejurefarar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80dkh1bl6l1n4vtrk6f0uvs1c2/63607629223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlajamo.cz/images/file/dawumajuruxefapoxifuwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://circolodelpistone.ch/userfiles/file/62139187969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/vavewenareguvafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27630130311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rodolphe-blanchet.fr/Rodolphe/fckeditor/file/lazemudanijafoxebexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869b8a6bf69---xuwosajob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/23417107021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be746d40ec5---24687170183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f45c90e30---fexixenifopalegojusek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=evil+dead+movie+in+tamil+isaiminiPDF 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_off0000cf0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF0A 10360 bytes
SHA-256: 848e0ac89bd0394db8b1fdd7d7065cc2779278028afe3249a6c9d657764f219c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e65e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE65E 17700 bytes
SHA-256: 37d9f5ef450cbff422ecc7c802469ed627eacb9c46939c53ddcaa5da629c4b61
font_02_sfnt_off0001150d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1150D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1