Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b32d17540f22f085…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 17:14:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 69e9f0ba774b68fb29144e1de1d9bfbe SHA-1: 3f4df9e83ad2bcbaa59f63d47a519a6d0efcbceb SHA-256: b32d17540f22f085de8a202d1707f8c5065352c51e147824e5097665fedd570b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, specifically using a remote support tool pretext to trick users. It contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a multi-stage download or redirection process. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to delivering a trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613487f020493---56901567757.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taigesw.com/upload/files/vixivudizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbbo.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/vimodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resicolor.com/upload/files/14364151094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vexedakojajaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3532840325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8h7sq2kai805i5pm6emfudesbs/pigalofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corcreation.twbiz.me/data/fckeditor/files/20210904_202337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://openkomm.yussfone-crm.com/userfiles/file/15563971630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2dac2c9fce0dd968f1835de72816f56/11632001705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.whoamiandwhyamihere.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vudosonik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kastely-vacduka.hu/fileok/file/88530891212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93305638163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613994379966a---pafaxanujaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c1225dc82---lowod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giverny-bkk.com/upload/files/sulufojajiluriguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/19445479912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roshnaai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/medigese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioschicchi.eu/userfiles/files/63275070770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qp90uqs5d7u3nf3lmtq9bl9udn/ziwagobaxosolilatar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613766315ecec---60176607109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/67662772977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ca11950b9---motewazuzubij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613879af61703---49570347154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanoonkaraj.ir/dbmanager/filebank/htmlgallery/file///47364485878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/tagubanulevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=mega+nds+emulatorPDF 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_off0000eb27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB27 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 42816ef442270a1cc7e055666cc4e1a3f11d1e4c9b0942a4a9650ae98941c9ec
font_01_sfnt_off00010320.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10320 17712 bytes
SHA-256: 35df041cb4f29a408601ee875ed502e2125a2d72bee4f525c0fa5e6ae83b8095
font_02_sfnt_off000131a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1