Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1e2a5cee0d1baca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 16:33:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 74b3a2d2de56e3c625ef583565c0f822 SHA-1: aa958de93b7ca3d2ec79a8aa4fef83a8530b43b3 SHA-256: b1e2a5cee0d1baca24bed966f444b5534bf42879dca18bdadf4346a7df50e238
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, specifically instructing the user to install a remote support tool. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious payloads or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely involving the exploitation of the user's trust to gain unauthorized access or deploy further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=emulator+for+playing+pc+games+on+android
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s68jbjrkj9o9kei41h5jp7vefb/molaniwoditobataxizemikik.pdf
    • https://ubk-sad.de/azubi/userfiles/files/11155305605.pdf
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/53435090467.pdf
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/99284688284.pdf
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/26040876648.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607018d949d3b---49549175542.pdf
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728545d1a30---fonewaxur.pdf
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789fd601b07---5499926026.pdf
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/bogaweva.pdf
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e375df8b24489ba4ee29be80392ac965/8980394692.pdf
    • http://gavinlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/57386624928.pdf
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bj0sl0q876vi28ue6fdqaubim6/vasorofekemele.pdf
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/fexalexupuvazobuvuw.pdf
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08a5f78c836c42eac05dd40f5bcc2065/tokudonof.pdf
    • http://workcoop.org/fckeditor/userimages/file/20210531040151.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bu2mson4g4s5e5ilh2fn6jmq4/kimaxoge.pdf
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/681b3ffc200ef1a5cb34d531d8803dc2/20993544379.pdf
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/mebojope.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a4cfa6c40---42564477992.pdf
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/41204879328.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tiiqttujbcmmtq0g1u8cpu41a7/voponokagejuzufad.pdf
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707d320686d---2937708712.pdf
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/78044588236.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef03.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF03 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010715.bin
77eee155e21059838bc112a9423ae2628309b1cbebb6d5ec13e86b673f554fef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10715 17048 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013378.bin
f2ba7af29cf58475a71d972071def86a07562c30cfcb4d978050cd7648cacd4b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13378 11160 bytes