Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ec5ae089d7b4a28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-08-10 09:23:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2e8c1e8beb255afd2034e307e36ab4d0 SHA-1: 6f0ea8e569bbdceb2cf00ab3ec762028b7811d66 SHA-256: 6ec5ae089d7b4a285a17c14b3de4fd0afb58e04222cf10221395f9e589dcc188
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various PDF files hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's intent is to trick the user into installing remote access software, likely for malicious purposes. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristics point towards a social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=advanced+accounting+2+guerrero+2017+solution+manual+pdf+chapter+19 PDF link annotation
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/jiludejuvox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/45196658000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9b07841b2---96828340513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/viweloxutaritu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210607114858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/sojamavawevupejawibages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyrosesschool.com/userfiles/file/29894590781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viviseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945a59877df---70352871622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/setabezimokerivujudaxoxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abc9ce8051---40863137001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5c3a648bb1cf9e06a073bfeae9c76e0/nomipewidovobemesajadesux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607058eb38b3b---wipumilizoxafuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/367652027ea9e33e4c9e5377fb9dc023/sagivodadidekugurapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dafc605f48d---25190765038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/22243606980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/vobaretorexolagewolak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekonopuntos.com/campannas/file/tedajaxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/ruwujifurulasonifiwaromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hchcbm1ui988qujb22j1nhpdm9/29061545890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/tuguwijomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b47a4eabf---basawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36eb029935---wewodivesufexim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa26f7fcf1---70965817793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000101f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011a0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A0B 18088 bytes
SHA-256: b8951cecaf532cd47c52c7acf8ddd3a8e9ffac3bfdec27ba24af24ea0aed1a08
font_02_sfnt_off000149be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149BE 11728 bytes
SHA-256: f0201c04708fc0a69cbce60b5a914f8b0e927cce3c017c0c16a00a884e1a62f7