Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0795412adb6c879…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-07-14 05:41:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: dec90c1c04011639ed7af39e6cd0f2d1 SHA-1: 024761395e41731470def28a73279f0b238acf31 SHA-256: a0795412adb6c879f2587f6d32852c383ba138525400040b185e11d6206fb87b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm and employs a remote-support tool lure, instructing the user to install or connect with such software. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to trick users into downloading and executing potentially harmful remote access tools or further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/28678042139.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/32315436807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hpkn6un38hp4ki14a0opshudtq/kapoferefobetuxujut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12tiga.com/contents//files/lenafiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e95c556cba---wobutizekoxixivodefato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schilderlesvakantie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78721570104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccb41a32aaa---27568663381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076595bbcc86---doliwegavotit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marigabung.com/contents//files/felepopigup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e835e249c6---nowaruxunepezetabazovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc78fcc75e---82789102107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/lopulorasudodafodopadum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tscyw.net/userfiles/file/20210610043303_10sh4h.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03f1e9b8bf---17299082204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/26619646719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/paralogetojefuvaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aba4ae17d5---gajezumeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7115f3ea57---xajosomiguvikorusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/46165203041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/74641267733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed3d48cd259ed40e596b7192b8a21d4d/kilipodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60337054787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/407d777e7f4b0fcf4ef8c21abb8fb5df/gadedidumenopivikimiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=over+under+predictionPDF 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_off00010f5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F5E 18048 bytes
SHA-256: c8cb1f41432fd4941c8b52e97c21ab786ea9d6b9aba5f0ebac359654efb7cf40
font_01_sfnt_off00013ea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EA6 10324 bytes
SHA-256: 5ee8633662e8c149379afecda1ac774c2d5c10a59f835364ac15a4a9ec6d2a62
font_02_sfnt_off0001560d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1560D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1