Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 665c84db3bf87dd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-28 05:42:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c52abab747eb40207cff2c89952640f0 SHA-1: 46754cd79998cd9c0ded919f90c8908b8d0e0711 SHA-256: 665c84db3bf87dd30aaafd402728be8c3703fde641dc9c09ddcee27a902002ff
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. The 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content likely instructs the user to install or connect with a remote support tool. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or credential harvesting attempt, possibly leading to the download of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/dijikifixosinefuzame.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/95643699060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/59868158474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70bvni464jhc48tp1gelrjn4cb/bemunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf2ece8d39---25332957110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/kizifupabexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1d942629d---xoxexozixexafabizusimevun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gchbekr2v5k0bls00csbl95dnv/ragimakisafanatejok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dibakupawufujavowamoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846311115d1---mozuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5c9dd10bc955970e6d1422fc8289182/towusenoritusob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebo52.ru/uploads/files/54694377902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59e88b6c41---jovemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084feddb192b---mowolozujoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/sudavejoxodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroquimicadistribucion.com/zabaleta/data/imagenes_contenidos/file/78392605608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3d154702aa---wazidiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f47c86ad28---76497871584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/46776383887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2119153303---48145614605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saam.vn/images/content/file/tavuwimejofegidozunemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saiprogetti.net/userfiles/files/mifonusewevumoniwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28c1fc72ee72f4183c772996c160fd43/jatomupegalifewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07b236b70079bf9a59abc5954b065e31/fupixakasemulutuxisimagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+physical+properties+of+group+2+elementsPDF 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_off0000f424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF424 17236 bytes
SHA-256: 5b561b436af1af9d29044019c12d987f232525c71503894c2c3c78b6037141c4
font_01_sfnt_off00012142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12142 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013959.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13959 11252 bytes
SHA-256: bbce1b9b9d461295e6fe80df6e2c05004eda1aec676f71bd6f3a696ca320d5a8