Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9bcbef70e6340cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 09:33:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1e184169150e4a7a5e87d1f7b6f0d1ad SHA-1: 9814be36824a16a1d8b92ceda9d1b79cc46cd95e SHA-256: d9bcbef70e6340cdb0ccb940caa3272d099559a8291ff743016521603cf1236b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a lure for remote support tools, indicating an attempt to gain unauthorized access to a user's system. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting suggests a distribution mechanism for malicious payloads. While no scripts were directly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to execute further stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://sun-tes.ru/files/file/66979040373.pdf
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rffoaku0j8ji06ap37p9th3d4n/71984701091.pdf
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609019d8ac0ae---genavudedelavunatob.pdf
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/7367055663.pdf
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36963824101.pdf
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb97e5d256---fivujesizepidageralepiwof.pdf
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ca0577076166ff207dcd6622a36625e/59941324656.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829b482adca---makibu.pdf
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nsng1tec3ekq0hlps0a1vkt8a/wobotixojopozijifavubus.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/42243901631.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098de0f30905---33667722355.pdf
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e86d0931f---54779953183.pdf
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4da5d5620---xadirubimedifeju.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16be76188f---botanegefirozibobe.pdf
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcbb8cda95598508cf988a3207b752e9/nuzijukiwojazogodulubun.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb3bf695ab---wulidafetinuxupinuneni.pdf
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce3f220d726---ferizaxo.pdf
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hj0qr0bj7dqklhfrhvofr5ob9k/67215543660.pdf
    • http://howsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/5/57/57b8fe7d350e782a16e6afc8bdcd6467/File/48981226691.pdf
    • https://htchninc.com/d/files/91394238893.pdf
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb2ba345f941555bedbdcc1b20669b86/sepum.pdf
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/pugudabuzijorozomam.pdf
    • http://palami.by/images/file/vuvobi.pdf
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/97720716347.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=dna+structure+notes+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_off0000feaf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEAF 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000116c6.bin
1d62a37c9d739515ed6dd19d58210a2599c53de426090bd17abc9e0dca09980f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C6 10576 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f13.bin
63ecd25831f719a8c1945f18fd99a0d58ad851f0855c89bbc172198428f0fee9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F13 17636 bytes