Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4026dce6ba31e19a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 15:44:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 543588eb5243ff271e049e250e59c371 SHA-1: ceb747bb5556379bd6702b432a357a05b79a403d SHA-256: 4026dce6ba31e19aa795258f559c9faa6a36edf1492ac7af5281687b7c8bd32c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and exhibits characteristics of a remote support tool lure. The document's structure suggests it is a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF format itself can embed JavaScript, and the presence of multiple external links indicates an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or facilitate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a810cecb3cc---tazuxumisetatozuguxuluk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://avvocato-callegaro.it/public/file/zibomewamuwonevot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccadl.com/files/20210804110327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanking.net/userData/board/file/40616955551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/motifaras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/71353545275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45055b422e---73577977683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985a919ce4c---79222579915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/gonogevujukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b0fc681cab786d36973bc9ef04da116/nowoputixokemazowebavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammermoor.net/imagenes/file/xunogovidase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/dunitogixusale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161068a6e08493---41928531052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42fad6575995f0fa524b6816e7aa86ac/14055967285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66fd6ee67b03d5da5666cc4071e60a9f/dasosav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexsrmenchion.com/clients/b/bf/bf5401b25fe3457642f5a6f1150d5537/File/gapusolabagidigusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/2105140545005694155o2vr9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/logoliwonulikiweni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa976524cae---tigajudozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b86acoq0p1rbp34jqbplf3qu5/nokuvelewisorivugusuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/013b065bd23e64ec97cfe5334c8f6a19/69674780512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c72ab9dcd39---tonulugajugidudigixom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/wagenejavufuremaxuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/45553317091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+build+obsidian+generatorPDF 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_off0000e78f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE78F 17400 bytes
SHA-256: db2b457bfbf2438ee76b6d5f6d280dd1ecb93bf5ab30d0b9a08ef09ee3ea82d7
font_01_sfnt_off000114ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ce5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE5 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 697a97c44339f655e7a0491ccf00ed291a135593a957cdf8dd3181f0de6a0478