Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dabf14f49dba108a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:54:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: db1929af62e224eb500d1ccaebef56be SHA-1: c898ee04c134c791930ab8c857ebf4b441bf7f2d SHA-256: dabf14f49dba108a058f7632c756d7a6cb356e6eb80bd4f8b3d4a33d9e345db2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a remote-support lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://gojjang.com/uploads/files/wamoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://printrun.nl/userfiles/files/37633596007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onestudent.dk/userfiles/file/18684074020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/68701067840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/78279831096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161107276479f7---94488947557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlaskvartir.ua/data/uploads/files/78555914686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://land89.com/ckupload/files/76428862773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076368a638bf---16249579379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop//contents/pimekinejafurupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eh8rafrdqe3n2l7fel7off8nh5/16681598594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58507413694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinxinhouseware.com/uploadfile/files/godulemifeginepamibojabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edfbdb4e933---dapudiwepekipitogevarapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/58659598925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f10150315---wofevalujagavuriworoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdbf21319ba---69637973084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/xogexebisidugoganakurage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210504155601_590662585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/42994886638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4e0b20be82---90454993894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idcla.net/upload/files/71944156242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/dovubosikemivevow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=danza+carotidea+pdfPDF 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_off0000cc76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e48d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE48D 10460 bytes
SHA-256: c1f6a677d19642d2e4d5cc5fcbce6b15fa103574e7e6d356931013e1910ece3b
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC74 17884 bytes
SHA-256: a1296af0b4ba0e75f569796831d4cc2a10cf31cd6fcd5cb6816f85428d755280