Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1503bd79ab85cda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 16:06:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2af301191d255d3ad69314f17185de2a SHA-1: 0f86707ebb1c71811e1797e89cc3670918b19f8b SHA-256: c1503bd79ab85cda648022794f7ef26d7bbe8c1d5152f409bb54e4ffacc11bb9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a remote support tool lure. It contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or exploit kits. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or social engineering attack aimed at tricking the user into downloading and executing a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mahjong+solitaire+247
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/771b3d51fe78ab9e987c1aaa8b3d7a74/55630663752.pdf
    • https://music-group-store.com/upload/files/77694624303.pdf
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/31411407137.pdf
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfvqq0vchmls13mps01at5jtp4/sevafavamiwefuranem.pdf
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/wuvozo.pdf
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210621_034323.pdf
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bb9beade2---monenunulozin.pdf
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/tugamonor.pdf
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/30700556861.pdf
    • https://advertisementnepal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepizusel.pdf
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/377809834ca9dfd1bd7f835a540327f2/zawuxasuk.pdf
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3d6f53bb6---98464581328.pdf
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/baledubewibenotep.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce634a66401---38112303119.pdf
    • http://www.colormotion.cz/UserFiles/file/rufagarugejaridefemakos.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757f0da6677---semokitotujufoze.pdf
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6161661ab81b281f4d484acbcce9918/91287055348.pdf
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89e7ba192c6178599d17670bc6473b6d/bolabow.pdf
    • http://burchiellati.com/file_fck/file/40895685813.pdf
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b500dba39f---47887486366.pdf
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpad1lijit8lrq6f6g2911soq0/19301557093.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780af6d6a53---73458276027.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b15a4666eb5---59836982475.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_off0000d1fa.bin
9395f237b3f6a766261f16ea34d5958b0638347d41a9d2b8af0cf9e019471de2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1FA 16520 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcf0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011507.bin
19ea1e6fb1718cc3901179c36a9244bb5c78c87ed827fff262bfd7571e1aba3d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11507 10760 bytes