Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 936bf654044effb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-08-28 17:48:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 66288caab020977d4f0a421108acae05 SHA-1: 71f8b5edd4751797ba72645373867b60723c1fcb SHA-256: 936bf654044effb8f4cbc6916b6972b37e28a98f7961894f7cfa463bc5c7c2e4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, specifically impersonating a remote support tool to trick the user into executing malicious content. Heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=modern+physics+class+12+chapter+name PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b86e6dc5d8812c85479ad746dd14a90/28536496847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/vutiwidiwogisajifuvenigon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/60182591509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a335a7acd7b---devixago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/16603350530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k83qss7co219e650tm0nnnj8i9/78272566503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salocchi.it/userfiles/files/16413797827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///nabaguvedakomorip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/sigelujivutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3acb195802fb15c74e467860ec91122/larew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca2268fac0---68700961419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/worawadisupulakalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heizler.hu/files/file/50143498186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/31564535689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118473ac2f71---sasumoxibezole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40239278f974782811edf3dfe7dff002/wagozenunaxatadatagegase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9a825d486b50e87dc1196af68d1ab04/71483029188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb4d057348085f40998aebcfa282e67b/80353488534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.web-globus.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/solalerisavakakolido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/81424489701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campingwithconvenience.com/files/files/5244406809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/779361227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916d28ba06c---nefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076020bcf6a0---69685486873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e3ce77fcc---bunulajirapejofelojativi.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_off0000c30b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC30B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB22 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 6b56a6c887f52bd627b994c0263581e4b1d41547b539420340ca1022d47a8965
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C4 15508 bytes
SHA-256: 378d8b44173679a7afdfaa5cddb878ada57101c760db6426702672cab028d513