Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0531729ceafca7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.9 KB Created: 2021-07-29 21:58:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9eeffbe2777fca968540c6e063e1eac9 SHA-1: d22a5d0fbe3070d6b982d078242a4b440105ea9a SHA-256: c0531729ceafca7d13f2594b8643e4240c5c905a57347cf3c092f9324c73bf99
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. The heuristic 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to install or connect with a remote support tool, a common tactic for gaining unauthorized access or facilitating further compromise. The presence of numerous links to compromised CMS upload directories suggests a distribution mechanism leveraging vulnerable websites to host malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f6a34ab09---bujagur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a5ac96ac3---govapet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f58405c7a---tunixif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bq52jlts1df8g4b9nai5nqih0/32833644110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/gavokojirapani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/46582385614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecoaga.com/documentos/file/wobugab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americanpetrochemicals.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/19783078311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/vemarodosewixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/697913abda09aa23750778bfecaff0de/gijulojesoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herningbadintra.dk/app/webroot/upload/files/jizivem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekstelekom.com/userfiles/file/94830712441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/192034056359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3ctnk08modknphhq7q84ii277/duwazusigazikimigaxofatew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19a6163d30c90574ffc3fac04c69bec/likutoximaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9fd4a2858---37478200956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/82027905137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083451759e7a---lalakejavamaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equantumconsulting.com/files/files/ladolizusazegemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609837dbdbe1e---zatowujolosigadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/wusekivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075902dee6bd---78717407777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f31255f43c---popepepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/xevuvelixudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=30+day+song+challenge+2020+come+funzionaPDF link annotation
    • https://www.rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77401508972.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_off000163e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163E9 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 57277b462201e112ea473240bedbf0dae8ec5510eefe26ddf3df70ca6f12a74e
font_01_sfnt_off00017e2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00019640.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19640 19020 bytes
SHA-256: a1783668c41586432ab0da489e7a394b3c0f46f4fa40713c2330e13650bb4917