Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6cb50ebc6f48501…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-08-25 11:48:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cb9da5d08ed5e81f5b2fb4ba0a443142 SHA-1: a8db1c634f0f55eafbd76468d67ed0568df1cca4 SHA-256: a6cb50ebc6f48501040eb376731cdc2a662459571f03bd381cb5b0b7f20ffe94
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, specifically a remote-support tool scam. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to execute a payload.

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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=moveable+lump+in+neck PDF link annotation
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/komirarudapomatasareni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c503d564bea---xerotojoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c247c886ab---69424202161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/87213586503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63ad334faf---38075146728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/57968373875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fb62c2cce---89397043772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/vevuzasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/file/mekufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/14002145757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalhousieretreat.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77433131926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e76d08f6077105381c5c078fc3eeec4/14521939204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iuoshili.com/upload/users/files/73918285986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zanhotel.ro/beficientconsultingFiles/file/20901128618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34e668547c664482e66c511a11927567/68662873699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejufegopazofigup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qit5a50vfnv45ihfdd7bt7a4a3/dedixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb725b75fe---nonosuxedoniga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/91900629151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62922452851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///93678518732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lugashotel.com/data/editorfile/wenita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/88395558954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iul11o1qd5s8b7063j96o7b4bh/13083823812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///tomabaxulusitemerul.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_off0000dd2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD2B 16068 bytes
SHA-256: 0ec887034db838e779083dc78f61b449b219841cc4ea16d433429c540fdc730d
font_01_sfnt_off00010687.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10687 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E9E 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 7ea020cf224da9bacbec7926b27f5c74a85ee317148bb82db80b4f44b148acb8