Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d5321bb63620c9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:13:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b16f13d8e248347212b0bea7af2dd2a1 SHA-1: fd1a14456339982b3205b2324c6d20dc2504f657 SHA-256: 6d5321bb63620c9a779ec7ffe2ae1097c0d86e098144b295c9f6bc44c1fddca5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a remote support tool lure. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute or mask malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate a likely intent to trick the user into downloading and executing a remote access tool.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://rosg.net/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210911094616.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://trsoftyazilim.com/genelresimler/file/82700308349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/58590494440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteoratourismactivities.com/files/files/85165405528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinton.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/pozunosisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seger.cz/userfiles/file/nunotekubenopafapavemilil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f83df3f74a---xugolodijuloma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8f786709d3470399308a385b143f5b5/19843320406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargologicru.com/sadm_files/xaridodebamerake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jiuv9brkbl6j4vnhagg5suh9e/48080548933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c43c50e7e2deabf03d5a3d336ab4a6c/53407039667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/levav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53146438919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/20276022954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/fubasesebejalolaloraza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsyrulnikov.ru/upload/file/59491606568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citadelcaralarms.com/userfiles/file/96942835159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312efb1aaa7---sakexararunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagujolenemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/rokuvav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323d2a5461a---zupogosuzuloximino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613569dc0cf20---kererunurarowitep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17170366502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/nagavaluxarijadosolofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tessuno.com/upload/files/614483d55de3b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=control+android+from+pc+via+wifiPDF 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_off0000d8dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8DC 18800 bytes
SHA-256: 6e2c89e03fccb50f25ee9ccfbc5c1d4bcf72475e4b93174b58a7d53f6e1cc444
font_01_sfnt_off000108b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B4 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 09ceb88510bfe8a3701b360d980bb8f1298263778721f8650e9f7506ab7bea64
font_02_sfnt_off0001212e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1212E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1