Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a5de67cbbc7fc37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:26:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6a797889b5e04d8f0d178dff9d4a6ae2 SHA-1: abb50fbadee72767bcbce8234c6010819ad75637 SHA-256: 2a5de67cbbc7fc379769455bbe5fd7d9d42754bcde853908631d3e2569c6aa9d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating a remote-support tool lure. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of embedded URLs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites. The primary attack pattern involves social engineering to trick the user into installing potentially unwanted software.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb601685dd5806898aaf2dfb56f3d5dd/xefigalozuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.org/uploads/file/38640465285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://destockbaby.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54135718084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d8ca7a9183---ruboged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25982e9e99---lazupopoxatovopev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623f09b2952bf1ff89858f02ac6a8759/zonanezotupoziluperuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcparts.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vepobotifuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/wupakaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasaac.org/temp/files/90291241009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847cc88d434---33863082464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royal-pizza.eu/files/file/rugowexodupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d4dac544b0---difaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaiminhhanh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/36501018360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/bupesuwusudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56286d3242d9960427294cec5a208f80/83656443543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amghanoi.com/images/ckeditor/files/1776729565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/87934353609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/90942955359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac05c646bb1---63770654891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/tomaxatasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ok-poland.com/userfiles/file/77489982654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/nusatomiziwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nvalhbccfkbi78j1lvk7s1svk/28955651312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071158910810---90144417351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=evaluacion+fisica+del+recien+nacido+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_off0000cd43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD43 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 09711be7b05cd240aa2c22bd09d3386757757f2cbb366a7207c564ce72912f7e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C6 19956 bytes
SHA-256: 9da0a607684b7fa07138c61bd31d02167ad26269de999e85385fd08c92568217
font_02_sfnt_off00011764.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11764 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1