Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbdeeeee204b90e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:46:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: aeafe8a55f58691f42546fb01b12013d SHA-1: 82582ba71723683bdea8d4491aa2dac1c4c59472 SHA-256: cbdeeeee204b90e6d2990377d1f40b10cf2c75d914512f8f85d46c8369066b79
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating a remote-support tool lure. The document likely aims to trick users into installing remote access software, potentially for financial scams or data theft. Several URLs are present, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload directory, suggesting a distribution mechanism for further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+can+i+find+screen+mirroring+on+my+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://opuspointpartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77194553253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61443460986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knowleangling.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94355381394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144219b5691c---vijubigozir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/73316810570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angel-juicer.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_9615B7C95CAD0F5B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202109071933219709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///17539118026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giovanninociti.com/userfiles/files/futowuzujura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5574312163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i2575p8noii67qnij3lsots3j1/10965553372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355866c83e8---423518942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/lojumukaxodexaludipira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136146714f5f---futifazigagataxava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusimogizox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fdac709e34---fuxajeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b037d1d3bd---45463555194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/dufaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orderpoet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42083043574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161318ff3e9778---45576148023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturpix.ch/cmsimages/file/wekutimurazonan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcongluc.com/upload/files/60837777992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loxocongnghiep.com/MINH/user_files/file/86365372389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a248793f9---tizizosote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410a7382183---90715474862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--b8qxb801j.tw/upload/files/91123472084.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_off0000f2cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CF 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 44cb81266dd6b571504e13799788a322253dfca09782cf38abab3d00c9309761
font_01_sfnt_off00012187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12187 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001399e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1399E 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 5c82e73d10f2f02f7bc9cf2d9b15462c673f40e03288955768be8d16a16eb830