Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80c8785edb0b9d6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 21:59:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4ff860e16cf4a3af81dbd4e2ec578e4e SHA-1: e2de38ec5110008ade78f609a52e1c3752f2af25 SHA-256: 80c8785edb0b9d6fff573363f417dd7001eab1538c0a4e352d83a63c3501254a
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

This PDF document exhibits social engineering tactics, specifically a 'ClickFix' and 'Remote Support Lure' to trick the user into executing a malicious file or connecting to a remote support tool. The document contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute a second-stage payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9881

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://administratieindex.nl/images/uploads/43195661952.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5663095353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/tipiwoverizekopowufizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0ubtd18jomeq1t1p38qam66lf/wazorodekoxufapaxamakiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.com/upload/files/nalujaxudokeledoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b2245886b4492f25425bb05c3aa6a9d/foxuzif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/vasafusenarojudezesulopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/66505798866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkety-patemal.sk/files/file/90023560078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/125d6734e6d767c09ee09ed8d32d8117/77746714813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/nojenamuxafoxalabaxisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidramaco.com/files/files/palulixapemipusurataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/44785257404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f69e1bca9---sadakivigixesepusofag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/razazosavipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/97849690147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/files/zovipefokole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161360f94dec9f---70883372089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133bf90c1242---sikexuvaxafomulobavaniwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a6d68a28b7897df14870c6e774eafd1/27113673477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musthighschool.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76914018845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134f09123b3c---bojibefixirixazalumulova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magnanelli.com/userfiles/file/64146175132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe5j030c6tegsutpla036du4ma/tozugeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9y.bfage.com/upload/files/20210904115102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12328411563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=application+bureau+a+distance+androidPDF 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_off00014145.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14145 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001595c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1595C 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 433b9c2478aadb0bf5d2a9dc84996fd95842e426f77cd554a0d66c8ecce9ba84
font_02_sfnt_off000171f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171F0 17668 bytes
SHA-256: 0d897f37576605371cbd4172db9918d4d7967e42e71b2e90aff080fb207cd494