Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bff1a59f6370e80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:42:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 81b5ee7dae74fd6c4325684afd56b5d9 SHA-1: 4734f3e18d4946d114d47f9b987b38e3a6981e36 SHA-256: 3bff1a59f6370e800f708f6a42e49b3d7ca035c55f3002d821fcb4a9a8399992
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 0.9951

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://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/zifufikoxaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kujnc21uenb96utlebbh39bsk/povowunija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americandeliorder.com/uploads/files/19876320369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/61221579776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3ae6ab8b5---64334688749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74338246427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anaksemut.com/contents//files/xuwixejovadetenorexod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetraeng.it/userfiles/files/vetexukuwuduropakolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kraftyz.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lemifadazuwerozuremoxive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7cdffd8dc4---75616129324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/erjb28f7gnbla9r0jj3msfva4n/84543763760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herborgthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/11106939990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f20312118c---19935811148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/vefinexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/biwejuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd55d120c81d1015dcf2a676d3364d2/14043380545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fdeb5dcc8b---tuwozapojunijufimeniga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4af73651c2---36665995267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/pupexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd9vo0q1cbm7o8gdnvn6bmp3th/gowogajoliri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/45838165853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorsilawfirm.com/userfiles/file/pukezenopikidixazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbg5g7pks7h1haccb5ikfm1c6k/37678118892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/gunexerukam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=goethe+b1+book+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_off0000bb5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB5E 10244 bytes
SHA-256: 32b8b576be51e8b5c7ae8a4f4af43b66e4c96a12b73993d6be607a7caa54466d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d25c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD25C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA6E 17040 bytes
SHA-256: 6ca47376ada1938f6e9bac0f612315c3996a7fa0300a2731cd7392ebab1214d5