Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db3e65d86ce1c87b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:57:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 611d33d42ea62bf1dbbc9d6974a04010 SHA-1: f274387285a00caf898203593f08fb7aff26d44d SHA-256: db3e65d86ce1c87b33a3949f97fa9eeba2756a2f560122822d2daa50a749c713
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document is flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document's content and heuristics suggest it acts as a lure for remote support tools, aiming to trick users into installing or connecting with such software. This tactic is often used to gain unauthorized access for further exploitation or data theft. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gs97ts08cuegsaa1eqlcusqsrl/delegowaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d472349c3b---ravowibakipobolibaresuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ba40984a5---zunabesotigobelovijunap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mt5rh8geu1uk1i5sq5ftkrvvnc/kojotatejevefimuxasulad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51164ab57331dcef1f4a4451cc82e0a2/76519447436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8315bfdb6---wavakojiwijasotejefixojuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37a7fa18bd472a89714558c1208e2d22/leluxifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3e52c8901---40569540289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2k19ne16crh7cjet3e7ldojiil/59821357463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089aa777c2d0---58841906353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtpd41m7v11gddbte8s7l8b5ue/83439124175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fdf989931756138afd8955eff90ea34/76393016886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874cf8a4f95---mabinabulejaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076753a0ebfb---zipozonovadolukanupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/pixoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c976228692e---dewon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02fa85d939---lobuxabadugomenovur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090904d1a936---39341916192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e4ad5a73f---78933134289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf38c1ea6d---87870231511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dba6e186fa---zasovipujanasisidujusanem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkcpcmqdmvshsqt75cdkagcra4/xegizakajawijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b5b52abbe77b5306ad3491d66f266a6/bixudukibeborapogunef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+audio+in+discord+screen+sharePDF 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_off0000e89f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE89F 17008 bytes
SHA-256: d1ba6c56f9785dc4bb1ce9e655c3bfa38d1e2d5aa2edc8d451c42c3290fa2cf7
font_01_sfnt_off00011526.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11526 10780 bytes
SHA-256: cbba8b734fbdc406c214a10858dde05d73fefea3438414086ba0d2372e97f29a
font_02_sfnt_off00012dc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1