Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6132589f07ee5ccd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 17:50:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2f293c0f34da3bc92f8402c2e904864c SHA-1: 95ada2e5b185aadf474a75ae48d80073ff0470de SHA-256: 6132589f07ee5ccd187ec68bcc184cde8a2a4ccc5ba5ac8a849a66e5481d52bf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a remote-support tool lure. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The PDF structure itself is also indicative of malicious intent, with duplicate object bodies and embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22ec873283---81686519307.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a99b462fc---94245053156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b76844d46b---zujumafesaselupibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/97153668961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/zijiwakerodidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89387174502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dp62vd93b359jcm6mvhbl6ukg9/baleruze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82c0fbb1cf6cae7408fbfe93a791b5dc/gavafexasivuvob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729c138f0d3---kaxopukanojalamejexoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdc5f873a8---35302334524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/katexuxoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/59064349948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/103626d2d6b9759287cb865ea9ce9ba4/ratizukaruligigoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/faluvoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ff215c41d---soxexok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/nedoxesanenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38c0245af225061618f977b68bb8d431/50865471073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/42397408874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0df65fa7b---5589888595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/25152019391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097cf5eb2b85---74993250211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnmanagementsolutions.in/uploads/manaresizoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/zimipij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=minnesota+multiphasic+personality+inventory+questionsPDF 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_off00011c00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C00 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 0218349437ae6955a3d12b299c0efdd0f41431a84e608d0d1cd3f4606dd009ef
font_01_sfnt_off000148ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016101.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16101 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 187721c236f9b1af994c2a4b64437e500004a45be4eca3c7f69e89be146d15ca