Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29b47b314870e77f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 15:52:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: dfa3f4da45c23f9f3db0b31c846e3bc1 SHA-1: 68b742442f3e76691548ef2f617f3fc50b2706ed SHA-256: 29b47b314870e77fc3a823d7529535f25934f0365ac29b7e9cde89df4519c553
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 multiple links to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The heuristic 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to install or connect to a remote support tool, a common tactic for gaining unauthorized access. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o45u0rubimdfijcvch2qs087l7/nogal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/22501094537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tangentemag.com/img/file/8345330372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeaa3d4c7f591d59fe6579a08b8595db/vuwojamibebamaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33218608550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b829022ba23---joranedobawogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65930d95bffd2c1ae91e5e1634513950/mabilifofopaton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/58128894545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94baa26adcfa07fd8e6a2d416fc2bbb0/20931112358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b6604fd46---58208598252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/21751702864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/buzitovurogukadetamumizej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2f97d2d96e---fudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munsusa.org/userfiles/file/20210624035740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd56fe3dceb---lasavizotoweji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19582bc75c---88152496437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/kimomorivegivaluzuwepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ec73b0f3e---jetonizafubifenoduval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/84789770004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westleyden72reunion.com/clients/4/46/469dc9162705cbff2d1fbe132f144f37/File/53752707860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/695bd8fe2438b0531fee3e87984a0701/bunafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/36849951859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/buwapixorupanetibefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1prlvfov4br0fqe37t6qh2m0kl/fasitakota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8505b969208ede7ec2c165f0770ae4f/mazexewikiguvale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/zelerusuxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=mr+ripon+please+pickup+the+phonePDF 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_off0000d980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD980 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF197 10656 bytes
SHA-256: b40c62e8f38c00d2c74d9883d2d8bc555d8c6f58c9debd1dd33cc695bdb8afba
font_02_sfnt_off000109ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109EF 17676 bytes
SHA-256: 9d65ba8e57ec1809b0e5e22b3f7f71ae6851898cdf4a202dd506a288c545e60e