Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc5b91bf72c5d36c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:01:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8467ab55c4ad60ce91116f2017291969 SHA-1: 69825239138cc5891af31bfad24494736cdc4e14 SHA-256: bc5b91bf72c5d36c85832b13ef93dcc1bd72ac4775844f6c560041fe237099bf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for distributing malicious content. The 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content likely instructs the user to install or connect to a remote support tool, a common tactic for gaining unauthorized access. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this PDF.

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 http://labonguyenhoang.com/img-chamthi/files/zenaxiw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://freewest.at/gomipevajezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92072488341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/032050128519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/debamusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608799b1aed00---viturizagotogopibuxutato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7d56941ae---xumazimavadamavixoloje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73c6fd40ce57fef5538cb535d888f8e7/11689204185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813cd924bc7---xutadafowarer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nmglyxx.com/userfiles/file/jusejarupebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/xesoxivelilawuvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-oilfieldequip.ru/d/files/fisupunipari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2nr9rji1kbaqd3b7cc0ab2cn1/luzunakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/93097828040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanart21.com/files/userfiles/file/17511160955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd4c201ef107dbfb573c914b71fdbb6a/lurasutuwaluwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-7/20210507210226421220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/76610161999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/221b347668ec2b2ad848112ce4a94b8c/wepogevedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083dfc30763d---kirizunowuduzedamerupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/13449334183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livermore.com/wysiwygfiles/file/38100005148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a90800672---bufegezulapidonifovivuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steffis-strassladen.de/userfiles/file/38821844734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd96029ad57---pitaruji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=fpdf+set+line+stylePDF 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_off0000b5ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5BA 10200 bytes
SHA-256: 28f904f1ce2bfc081945dc16997048ada5033d783e32dcca1a5a749367d236d7
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCAD 14568 bytes
SHA-256: 11c10013d4c24dd96e016dd86fcf5873daa617b6c9142c41d8172e15f2aa9385
font_02_sfnt_off0000f180.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF180 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1