Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27dd5dd4bbc907a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-07-31 11:34:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 978459a2e864d0549e47f4a455ec6895 SHA-1: eb56285978afb2a4cf6046858d45a5dde9daa4bf SHA-256: 27dd5dd4bbc907a9c99a66d56b5ca475942ce80f5afb3690952df04ab65c7653
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The heuristic 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' suggests the document's content is designed to trick the user into installing remote access software. Multiple URLs point to potentially compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, likely serving as lures or part of a link farm to distribute the malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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 https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c7d8a9ab1---30671648288.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/kagedutatezidokilabaponir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epos.nu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76145086812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d9f2b7a319c2fb257a69de9916c228c/29282777313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1rsh3q4sjk1qrkhubrue6hvra/5837170440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e4539c7f0---91811401383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/nuniviraxefivozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abc4db641ca92c00a5d1eb922e2a3708/debozetemosofogutogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4d6ae4a3cf---41310989644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/nizidudusijelifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb4aae5440---9922563425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210612061008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733a68c2e97---dagudovef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756c84ebd8b---telavika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb9aef2bfbba868a39c297d54497dc7c/21174966413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f0288b361---gewabojurixuvugapinevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/kuwebibekiwamosexeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysidehigh65.com/clients/d/d0/d00d1ad1640c45b888f5e58ac216a5d1/File/99357009177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d11a0bff4---35338329079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/78931219811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26999ceaba2a50c5141bd9cd4d74c5ca/vulopevukexejumegifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2460bca313dfc2d2062340fff5c0736/pulurazulapizivapukimel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914d3b6fd43---8364364853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=larousse+dictionnaire+pdf+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0000efe0.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xEFE0 18464 bytes
SHA-256: cf2dca1257eedda6b3d6af64423090d1932c59769c09a1d1dd4d12c7a3a68314
font_01_sfnt_off00010d1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001252d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1252D 18636 bytes
SHA-256: 58dd1185adedcb3e9805123492ffb4118ba6ed217f677e7a618e5668564c8896
font_03_sfnt_off0001549a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1549A 10756 bytes
SHA-256: c831a370c16449345766434e14b128e3f2767792bb2a11c563e69eca07f067fe